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California Expected to Seek TV Channel Sales From Paramount-Warner Bonta also wants Paramount to commit to keeping its movie studio separate from Warner Bros.

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California Expected to Seek TV Channel Sales From Paramount-Warner Bonta also wants Paramount to commit to keeping its movie studio separate from Warner Bros.

Why it matters

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to ask ParamountPSKY-5.37%decrease; down pointing triangle to divest some cable channels and commit to keeping its movie studio separate from Warner Bros.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The singer [Olivia Rodrigo] kicked off her Unraveled Tour in Hartford, Connecticut on September 25”

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of Olivia Rodrigo's 'Unraveled Tour' in support of her 2026 album, none of the provided evidence specifies the tour's start date or location as Hartford, Connecticut on September 25.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Rodrigo began her career as a child actress, appearing in commercials and the direct-to-video film An Ameri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Rodrigo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "The Cure" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo and the second single from her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. It was relea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure_(Olivia_Rodrigo_song)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Unraveled Tour is the third concert tour and second arena tour by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo in support of her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (2026). …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unraveled_Tour

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Claim 2: “Bonta also wants Paramount to commit to keeping its movie studio separate from Warner Bros.”

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Web search results explicitly state that Bonta's conditions for settlement include requiring Paramount to commit to keeping its movie studio separate from Warner Bros.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 California Attorney General election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the attorney general of California. Incumbent Democratic attorney general Rob Bonta is running for re-election …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_California_Attorney_Gener…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The attorney general of California is the state attorney general of the government of California. The officer must ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (Constituti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Attorney_General

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Andres Bonta (born September 22, 1971) is a Filipino and American lawyer and politician who has served as the 34th attorney general of California since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Bonta

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Claim 3: “Tomokazu Miura, 25, was arrested in Kakamigahara City, Japan, in the early morning of Saturday, Sept. 26, on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly throwing his two young daughters off a balcony”

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Three independent news sources (Xinhua, Japan Today, and another news report) confirm the arrest of 25-year-old Tomokazu Miura in Kakamigahara City on September 26 for allegedly throwing his two daughters off a balcony.

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web search NEUTRAL — Police in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, have arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly threw his two daughters from the balcony of his sixth-floor apartment …
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/father-held-for-throwi…

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web search NEUTRAL — 2026-09-26 12:26:45. TOKYO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 25-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly throwing his two daughters off the balcony of their sixth-f…
https://english.news.cn/20260926/d42f4be91e1b4a6b9c487ca21da…

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web search NEUTRAL — The father, Tomokazu Miura, a part-time worker, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. According to the police, the suspect was living with his wife and two daughters.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260926/p2g/00m/0na/01…

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Claim 4: “A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous nuclear waste.”

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Only one specific web search result mentions a multimillion-dollar government project using particle accelerators to 'burn' through nuclear waste. Other results discuss accelerators generally but do not corroborate this specific project's funding or goal.

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web search NEUTRAL — A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous nuclear waste.Particle accelerators are being optimized to both transmute n…
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/radioactive-waste-particl…

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web search NEUTRAL — Check out my other silly projects over at gdcolon.com. Created by Colon : I own pretty much nothing on this site please don't kill me.
https://thirtydollar.website/

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web search NEUTRAL — Accelerators use electromagnetic fields to accelerate and steer particles. Radiofrequency cavities boost the particle beams, while magnets focus the beams and bend their trajectory.
https://home.cern/science/accelerators/

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Claim 5: “Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Energy Lasts for 100,000 Years”

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The evidence indicates that while radioactivity levels drop over time, some components of unprocessed spent nuclear fuel remain hazardous for up to 100,000 years or more.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nuclear may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of el…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and nuclear fusion reacti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon

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Claim 6: “California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to ask Paramount to divest some cable channels”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to ask Paramount to divest some cable channels as a condition for settling the antitrust lawsuit regarding the Warner Bros. acquisition.

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