Article continues below advertisementThings got pretty meta when CNN anchor Jake Tapper reported breaking news on the Thursday, February 27, edition of The Lead that Paramount Skydance is likely to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and CNN.Tapper was on air as Netflix said it wasn't going to outbid Paramount's $111 billion to acquire Warner Bros. While the streaming giant reached a tentative deal to acquire a substantial portion of Warners' holdings, including its studio and HBO, Paramount countered and Netflix was out.