ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief

Commentary: ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are dangerous step toward the commander-in-chief becoming editor-in-chief

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These corporations just took a dangerous step by settling with Trump

It was a surrender widely foreseen. For months, rumors abounded that Paramount would eventually settle the seemingly frivolous lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump concerning editorial decisions in the production of a CBS interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in 2024.On July 2, 2025, those rumors proved true: The settlement between Paramount and Trump’s legal team resulted in CBS’s parent company agreeing to pay $16 m…

CBS’s John Dickerson Returns With POMPOUS Editorial on Journo Dissent

CBS’s John Dickerson Returns With POMPOUS Editorial on Journo Dissent Fresh from a week off, CBS’s John Dickerson returns to the airwaves with a particularly pompous fit of cope and seethe over the Paramount-Skydance settlement with President Donald Trump. What’s most notable about his too-cute-by-half is its one glaring omission. Watch the editorial here in its entirety, as aired on CBS Evening News Plus on Monday, July 14th, 2025: JOHN DICKE…

ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief

Will settlements by news companies with President Donald Trump turn journalists into puppets? MARHARYTA MARKO/iStock Getty Images PlusIt was a surrender widely foreseen. For months, rumors abounded that Paramount would eventually settle the seemingly frivolous lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump concerning editorial decisions in the production of a CBS interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in 2024. On July 2, 2025, t…

ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief

by Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It was a surrender widely foreseen. For months, rumors abounded that Paramount would eventually settle the seemingly frivolous lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump concerning editorial decisions in the production of a CBS interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in 2024. On July 2, 2025, those rumors…

CBS’s John Dickerson Returns With POMPOUS Editorial on Journo Dissent - Conservative Angle

Fresh from a week off, CBS’s John Dickerson returns to the airwaves with a particularly pompous fit of cope and seethe over the Paramount-Skydance settlement with President Donald Trump. What’s most notable about his too-cute-by-half is its one glaring omission. Watch the editorial here in its entirety, as aired on CBS Evening News Plus on Monday, July 14th, 2025: JOHN DICKERSON: From time to time, American presidents have fantasized about punis…