President Donald J. Trump’s ongoing
lawsuit with CBS continues, and the network must be sweating bullets as
they’re reportedly planning to settle the dispute. The network had a
shambolic interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the waning
days of the 2024 election. It was a trainwreck. Upon further review, it
was even more of a disaster, with segments being deceptively edited to
make the 2024 Democratic nominee sound less of a dolt.
The evidence is there, and Trump filed a $10 billion suit. It’s
election interference, though it also shows how bad of a candidate
Kamala was since, even after editing her atrocious interviews, she still
sounded incompetent. Some viewed the lawsuit as far-fetched. Executives
at CBS’ parent company, Paramount, are willing to settle (via NYT):
When
Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election,
accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview
with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal experts dismissed the
litigation as a far-fetched attempt to punish an out-of-favor news
outlet.
Now Mr. Trump is back in the White House, and many
executives at CBS’s parent company, Paramount, believe that settling the
lawsuit would increase the odds that the Trump administration does not
block or delay their planned multibillion-dollar merger with another
company, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.
Settlement
discussions between representatives of Paramount and Mr. Trump are now
underway, according to three people with knowledge of the talks. There
is no assurance, though, that they will result in a deal, and it is
unclear what the terms of any such deal might include.
Shari
Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, strongly supports the
effort to settle, according to two people with knowledge of her
thinking. Ms. Redstone stands to clear billions of dollars on the sale
of Paramount, the media empire founded by her father Sumner Redstone, in
a deal with Skydance, an entertainment company backed by the
billionaire Larry Ellison and run by his son David.
A settlement
would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a
sitting president, especially in a case in which there is no evidence
that the network got facts wrong or damaged the plaintiff’s reputation.
Yeah, cry more.
And it doesn’t stop there. CBS was forced to turn over the transcripts to the Federal Communications Commission (via Associated Press):
CBS
says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its October interview
with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission, part of
President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with the network over how it
handled a story about his opponent.
Trump sued CBS for $10
million over the “60 Minutes” interview, claiming it was deceptively
edited to make Harris look good. Published reports said that CBS’ parent
company, Paramount, has been talking to Trump’s lawyers about a
settlement.
The network said Friday that it was compelled by
Brendan Carr, Trump’s appointee as FCC chairman, to turn over the
transcripts and camera feeds of the interview for a parallel
investigation by the commission. “60 Minutes” has resisted releasing
transcripts for this and all of its interviews, to avoid second-guessing
of its editing process.
The case, particularly a potential
settlement, is being closely watched by advocates for press freedom and
by journalists within CBS, whose lawyers called Trump’s lawsuit
“completely without merit” and promised to vigorously fight it after it
was filed.
CBS got caught. End of story. And it’s
about time the media get slapped around for their incessant and
pervasive smear campaign against the man. He won the election; now it’s
time for some revenge.
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