Fonda Defends Ruffalo in Paramount Antisemitism Dispute

Jane Fonda and her Committee for the First Amendment have publicly defended actor Mark Ruffalo after Paramount accused him of invoking antisemitic tropes in his criticism of the company's proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The defense, issued this week, frames the studio's response as an attempt to silence legitimate political debate about corporate power. The controversy stems from a video Ruffalo shared on his Instagram Stories last week. In the clip, Oracle executive vice chair Safra Catz discusses providing "profoundly scary technology" to the Israeli military. Ruffalo highlighted that Oracle was co-founded by Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.