I-VT's Sen. Bernie Sanders urges CBS News not to "cave" President Donald Trump as network reportedly considers ending relationship with President Donald Trump The resolution to the 47th Commander’s legal melee.
In October, Trump filed a lawsuit against CBS News for election interference over its handling of Vice President Kamala Harris' "60 Minutes" interview, accusing the network of helping his Democratic rival through deceptive editing. . The Wall Street Journal reported last week that CBS Paramount Worldwide was considering settling the lawsuit ahead of a planned merger that would eventually have to pass through the new Trump administration.
Sanders took to the X on Friday to sound the alarm about the prospect of settlements.
"CBS may be reaching a legal settlement with Trump because he didn't like the editing of Kamala's campaign interview. Really?" Sanders reacted. "If CBS caves, we believe that we have an independent press protected by the First Amendment would be undermined."
The progressive lawmaker added: "CBS: Stand tall. Support the Constitution."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT. CBS News is urged not to "frame" President Trump as parent company Paramount Global is reportedly in the process of settling with the 47th Commander. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump's lawsuit against CBS News stems from an exchange between Harris and "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker. In a preview clip that aired on "Face the Nation," Harris was asked why it looked like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn't listening to the U.S.
“Well, Bill, the work that we did resulted in a lot of Israeli movements in the region that were the result of a lot of things, including our advocacy for things that needed to happen in the region,” Harris said. responded in the Face the Nation clip.
CBS' press statement regarding the controversial '60 Minutes' editor dropped on social media: 'Published. this. Transcript.
Harris was mocked by conservatives for offering a lengthy "word salad" to Whitaker. But when the same question aired the next night during a prime-time election special, A shorter, more focused answer Start with the Vice President.
"We're not going to stop pursuing the things that America needs to know we need to do to end this war," Harris said in the prime-time special.
Bill Whitaker's "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris is at the center of a high-stakes lawsuit from President Trump. (Screenshot/CBS News)
Critics accused CBS News editor Harris of "word salad" answers to protect the vice president from further backlash and called on the network to release the full transcript after sharing only a transcript of the broadcast.
"Publishing a paper on Kamala's 'word salad' weakness, CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line of judgment, to deceive, and to deceive," the lawsuit says. news manipulation."
Trump's attorneys believe the edits were made "in an attempt to gain support for the Democratic Party in an intensified 2024 presidential election (led by President Trump)."
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"CBS's partisan and unlawful election practices and voter interference were conducted through malicious, deceptive and material news distortions to confuse, deceive and mislead the public," the lawsuit reads.
WSJ reports that Paramount is considering a deal with the president as it merges with Skydance Media in hopes of preventing potential retribution from the FCC under Trump, which would give the company the power to halt multi-billion dollar deals.
President Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News during the election, but now the network's parent company, Paramount Global, is reportedly back in the Oval Office. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Rumors about the settlement emerged just weeks after ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump, resulting in him being given $15 million and a written apology.
Last year, Trump on the Exchange host George Stephanopoulos sued Rep. Nancy Mace over her share of the Sunday morning news program "This Week." Network owned by Disney.
During the interview, Stephanopoulos claims to have split ten times Trump was found "responsible for rape" when a jury in E. Jean Carroll's civil case actually decided he was responsible for "sexual abuse" under New York law.
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although resist Stephanopoulos posed early and his boss at the Mouse House felt different. Under the settlement, ABC News donated $15 million to the "Presidents' Fund and Museum," or museums established by the plaintiffs as past U.S. presidents have established. In addition, the network will pay Trump's legal fees $1 million. Stephanopoulos and ABC News must also publish a statement of "regret" at the bottom of the article on the ABC News website.
Liberal critics have accused ABC News of "kneeling" to Trump and setting a bad precedent, something Sanders argued would happen if CBS News settled with the president.
Fox News' Brooke Singman and Brian Flood contributed to this report.