Jane Fonda Leads First Amendment Rally Near Kennedy Center To Warn Of Paramount-Warner Bros Merger & Trumps Media Attack
Source: Deadline
March 27, 2026 3:05pm
Jane Fonda brought her Committee for the First Amendment to Washington, D.C. on Friday for a pre-No Kings Day rally that focused on Donald Trumps attacks on the media and the pending merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Held on a street just near the Kennedy Center, the events purpose was to defend free expression and political intimidation, institutional capture, and censorship across the arts, culture and media.
Joining her were actors and performers including Joan Baez, Billy Porter, Maggie Rogers, Rupi Kaur, Sam Waterston, Griffin Dunne, Crys Matthews and Kristy Lee, as well as journalists Jim Acosta and Joy Reid, and writers Ann Patchett and Bess Kalb.
Fonda has been outspoken about the impact of recent media consolidation, not just Paramount-WBD but the FCCs recent greenlight to the Nexstar-Tegna combination, creating a broadcast giant of almost 270 TV stations.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2026/03/27/jane-fonda-kennedy-center-protest-photos/89351034007/
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Jane Fonda Leads First Amendment Rally Near Kennedy Center To Warn Of Paramount-Warner Bros Merger & Trumps Media Attacks