US EditionFormer ’60 Minutes’ journalist: Trump settlement was ‘tribute to the king’
UNITED STATES, JUL 8 – Paramount settled President Trump's $20 billion lawsuit for $16 million without apology to advance FCC merger approval, though regulatory delays and political backlash continue.
- Last week, Paramount Global reached a $16 million agreement to resolve a legal dispute initiated by President Donald Trump concerning a 60 Minutes interview aired last fall featuring Kamala Harris.
- Trump sued CBS News over what he claimed was deceptive editing during Harris' interview, while the settlement excluded an apology and followed regulatory pressure linked to Paramount's pending $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.
- Steve Kroft, a longtime 60 Minutes correspondent, described the settlement as devastating to CBS News staff morale, who also voiced concerns about the deal amid fears of political influence over journalism.
- Paramount denies any commitments beyond the settlement and any involvement with public service announcements, though Trump and reports suggested additional advertising deals might raise the settlement's value closer to $30 million.
- The settlement heightened calls from Democratic lawmakers and press freedoms groups for investigation, suggesting the deal could embolden future lawsuits and challenge press independence amid ongoing FCC review of the Skydance merger.
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Letter: News organizations’ bias gets them in legal trouble
I nearly fell off my chair laughing at “Paramount faces backlash over its $16 million Trump settlement” (Reading Eagle, July 4). Critics complain about the $16 million settlement Paramount/CBS News made with President Donald Trump while failing to mention how Dan Rather’s team relied on fake documents to smear then-President George W Bush in 2004. Rather apologized publicly but was rightly fired. There is also a complaint about Trump’s “petty le…
Skydance-Paramount deal could land Trump even more than $16M: Report
Questions are swirling over what President Donald Trump received in a settlement with Paramount, CBS's parent company. Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit he filed over the network’s editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris. However, some reports suggest that a side deal may have been involved. Following the settlement announcement, President Trump told reporters a second agreement was on the table, worth …
Former ’60 Minutes’ journalist: Trump settlement was ‘tribute to the king’
Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft blasted CBS News over its agreement to pay President Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit the president brought against the network last year.
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