Most legal observers regard President Trump’s lawsuit over the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris as frivolous. Nevertheless, parent company Paramount Global has been angling to settle the case, given that the administration has the power to stall or block its merger with Skydance.
Doing so would likely generate backlash from CBS journalists and others who would see it as another major media organization capitulating to the president in hopes of currying favor.
“These are not ‘settlements’ — they are ‘bribes’ and should be described accurately,” wrote Ian Bassin, a former associate counsel in the Obama White House, on BlueSky. “The reporting even
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