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Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritless’
« on: July 02, 2025, 05:36:02 am »

Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritless’
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Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, has agreed to pay Donald Trump $16 million to settle the president’s lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that the network's lawyers had deemed “meritless” in recent court filings.

The New York Times was the first to report on the settlement.
 
The payment to the sitting president of the United States comes as Paramount is looking to close an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media that will require final approval from the Trump administration. Shari Redstone, the company’s top shareholder, had made it clear that she favored settling the lawsuit with Trump in order to clear the way for the Skydance deal to go through.

The looming payoff to the president, which seemed all but inevitable in recent days after the two sides told a Texas court they were involved in “good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations,” has sparked anger among the CBS staff and led to low morale as well as the resignations of two of the network’s news leaders. The resolution also came mere hours before the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/paramount-agrees-to-pay-trump-16-million-to-settle-60-minutes-lawsuit-cbs-news-called-meritless/ar-AA1HNQtg?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=e64ad4d06cd84c178e6493b0fd0ab2f1&ei=43
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritless’
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2025, 08:48:32 am »
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President Trump just handed the corporate media another massive L—and this time, it’s CBS and Paramount Global coughing up the cash.

In a lawsuit that started with a deceptively edited Kamala Harris interview and ended in absolute humiliation for the network, Trump has secured a stunning settlement that not only exposes CBS but sets the stage for major changes in how they do business.


The Trump effect!

From now on, they will be called Trump's network!


CBS might just shut down its network.
https://defiantamerica.com/breaking-trump-scores-huge-settlement-from-cbs-over-kamala-interview/
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritless’
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2025, 08:54:38 am »
Moved to Sports/Entertainment/Media category
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2025, 07:41:12 am »
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I spent seven years as the Chief Investigative Correspondent for CBS News and eight as a contributing correspondent to 60. This Paramount settlement is the nadir for the network - a breach of the public trust Murrow, Cronkite, Hewitt and thousands of us worked decades to build.
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2025, 11:00:03 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on July 03, 2025, 07:41:12 am
Armen Keteyian
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I spent seven years as the Chief Investigative Correspondent for CBS News and eight as a contributing correspondent to 60. This Paramount settlement is the nadir for the network - a breach of the public trust Murrow, Cronkite, Hewitt and thousands of us worked decades to build.
1:48 PM · Jul 2, 2025
Cronkite? That SOB was so far from trustworthy it’s pathetic! The disservice that bastard did to our military serving in Vietnam was evil.
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2025, 11:03:54 am »
I guess we will never see the unedited Kamalla interview tapes.
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2025, 11:08:51 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on July 03, 2025, 11:03:54 am
I guess we will never see the unedited Kamalla interview tapes.
Do we need to? I mean we’ve had so many examples of the real Kamalass, what would we be missing?
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2025, 01:26:20 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on July 03, 2025, 11:08:51 am
Do we need to? I mean we’ve had so many examples of the real Kamalass, what would we be missing?

Well It would be nice to see the "Directors Cut" with commentary like on the blockbuster DVD's!
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2025, 01:36:08 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on July 03, 2025, 11:08:51 am
Do we need to? I mean we’ve had so many examples of the real Kamalass, what would we be missing?

If it helps put the dagger in her political future once and for all.  I am for it.
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2025, 03:38:15 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on July 03, 2025, 11:03:54 am
I guess we will never see the unedited Kamalla interview tapes.
Someone posted it on X - I'll see if I can find it. Meanwhile, here's a snippet:

https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1940264717861179532
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2025, 03:51:03 pm »
Life, news, and current events don't require creative editing.

Propaganda requires creative editing.

Making creative edits to the interview transformed it from public information to an in-kind political contribution.

If it's not live and un-edited, it's propaganda.

Editorial discretion is another term for 'shaping the narrative'.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2025, 03:52:09 pm by DefiantMassRINO »
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Re: Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit CBS News called ‘meritl
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Quote from: GtHawk on July 03, 2025, 11:00:03 am
Cronkite? That SOB was so far from trustworthy it’s pathetic! The disservice that bastard did to our military serving in Vietnam was evil.
I read that differently, I guess...

"a breach of the public trust Murrow, Cronkite, Hewitt and thousands of us worked decades to build"

Well he did help to build the breach of public trust.
Rather, Couric....et.al. built on that.

Pity Sarah Palin didn't sue them over the way they edited her interview. Perhaps this crap would have been slowed down if not stopped.
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