CBS to reach settlement over “election intervention”
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First on FOX – Paramount Global and CBS agreed to pay the president on Tuesday Donald Trump Amounts that could reach $30 million north to settle the president’s election interference lawsuit against the network.
Trump will pay $16 million ahead of time. This covers legal costs, costs of the case, and his future contributions to the presidential library or charity, as determined at Trump’s discretion.
In order to support conservative causes by the network, there is expected to be another allocation to medium-term numbers set aside for advertising, public service announcements, or other similar transmissions, Fox News Digital learned. These considerations led CBS to pay a large amount of Trump that it paid over $15 million in ABC last year, paying Trump to settle his honor and loss lawsuit.
According to sources close to the situation Fox News Digital CBS agrees to update the editing criteria and install new rules that are mandatory. Going forward, the network will promptly release a full, unedited transcript of interviews with future presidential candidates. Those involved in the settlement meeting call this “Trump rules.”
President Trump has sought $20 billion in a lawsuit against CBS and has alleged election interference in handling last year’s “60 minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. (Left: (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Image), Right: (Photo by Thasos Katopodis/Getty Image), Right: Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg by Getty Images)
“This record-breaking settlement brings President Donald J. Trump to another victory for the American people. He once again holds fake news media accountable for fraud and deception. CBS and Paramount Global had no choice but to recognize the strength of this historic case and settle down.
Trump had sought a $20 billion lawsuit against CBS over handling of his “60-minute” interview with then-President Kamala Harris last year. CBS does not acknowledge journalistic misconduct with the settlement.
“The settlement includes the release of all claims relating to CBS reporting through the date of the settlement, including Texas lawsuits and threatened delinquent lawsuits,” parent company Parant said in a statement.
The lawsuit alleges that CBS News deceived and edited the exchange Harris exchanged for “60 minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker. Harris was widely laughed out The answer to “Word Salad” aired in a preview clip of an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
However, if the same question aired during the Primetime Special on the network, Harris responded differently, more concisely. Critics at the time accused CBS news of deceiving Harris’s “ward salad” answer and compiling it to protect Democratic candidates from further backlash until Election Day.
The raw transcript and footage released earlier this year by the FCC showed that both sets of Harris’ comments came from the same response, but CBS News aired only the first half of her answer in the “Face the Nation” preview clip, and the second half aired during the Prime Time Special.
CBS News has long denied fraud and was based on the broadcast and its reports.
President Trump filed a $20 billion lawsuit against CBS News alleging election interference in handling “60 minutes” interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris, denounced the network supporting democratic rivals through the compilation of deceit ceptive.
Paramount and Trump’s legal team had agreed to a mediation designed to help the sides reach a settlement. Paramount Global Management shareholder Shari Redstone wanted to resolve the lawsuit ahead of the merger of its multi-billion dollar plan with Skydance Media to prevent potential retaliation by Trump’s FCC.
“This lawsuit is completely separate and unrelated to the Skydance transaction and the FCC approval process. We will comply with legal procedures to protect the lawsuit,” he said in a previous statement regarding the SkyDance transaction.
A Redstone spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump confidently declared the lawsuit against CBS in April as a “winner.”
“They deceived and scam Americans on a level they have never seen before on the political stage. Kamala Harris asked questions and answered them during the early voting moments, just before Election Day.
I-Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders and eight Democrat colleagues wrote to Redstone in May, asking him not to settle the lawsuit against CBS News. They called the potential settlement “a serious mistake” and “a blatant attempt to blackmail the media and those who oppose him, President Trump.”
The letter also said, “The president will not punish or censor the media for criticizing them.”
Trump, CBS parent company is set for mediation in a $20 billion “60 minute” lawsuit
President Trump and others were not pleased with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” about the controversial editorial of the interview with then-President Kamala Harris. (Left: (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images), Center: Screenshot/60 minutes, Right: (Photo: Andy Manis/Getty Images))
Earlier this year, the FCC chair Brendan Kerr We ordered CBS News to order whether the network violated the FCC’s “news distortion” policy after the complaint was filed, with an unedited transcript as part of the probe. CBS refused to release unedited transcripts until the FCC was involved.
Top “60 Minutes” producer resigns from the show and cites lack of independence
Trump’s lawyers have amended the lawsuit to include multiple excerpts from unedited transcripts in hopes that CBS News will bolster their case that CBS News withheld flattering exchanges in order to help Democratic candidates.
The saga emerged as a distraction within CBS News, with longtime “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens leaving work in April after failing to make the “independent decisions” necessary for the program to flourish. Owens, who had claimed that CBS had no problem editing Harris, was vehemently opposed to offering any apology to the President.
The settlement does not include a statement of regret. Personally, no amount will be paid directly or indirectly to President Trump.
CBS News President and CEO Wendy McMahon, Those believed to have opposed her calm with Trump announced on May 19 that she was stepping into another great move from the company she is suffering from.
“It has become clear that the company and I disagree with progress. Now is the time for this organization to move forward with new leadership,” McMahon told staff in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital.
Correspondent Scott Perry, who previously said the settlement “has been very damaging to CBS and very damaging to the reputation of Paramount, those companies.” Other well-known CBS journalists, etc. Leslie Stahlvehemently opposed the reconciliation.
“The unanimous ’60 minutes’ view is that the lawsuit is a complete bull, so there should be no settlement or money paid.
ABC also settled the honor loss lawsuit In December, President Trump elected President Trump for $15 million after repeatedly and repeatedly claimed “rape liability” in a civil trial last year. The ABC also paid $1 million for President Trump’s legal fees.
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Brooke Singman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.