Paramount’s Trump reconciliation denounced by Washington Post columnist

Washington Post columnist Erik Wemple criticized Paramount on Wednesday for setting up with the president Donald Trump Earlier this week, he interviewed CBS News for “60 Minutes” and was also $16 million over his edit with then-President Kamala Harris last October.

Wemple insisted That Paramount settlement sets a dangerous precedent for journalist integrity and freedom of the press after surrendering to the president in the hopes of protecting the merger with Skydance Media.

The media partnership is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which is currently overseen by a commissioner with whom Trump has been appointed.

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A Washington Post columnist argued that Paramount not only betrayed “60 minutes” by setting aside President Trump, but also betrayed Americans who set a dangerous precedent in the media. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Wemple claimed he settled with Trump because he believed the media giant “could prevent approval of the merger.”

“It should be noted that in honest journalism, Paramount leaders never hear the end of this terrible decision.

The columnist argued that Paramount’s settlement “declines” the initial amendment after filing a lawsuit in Trump’s case, unlike its subsidiary CBS News. First fix Protection in their court filings.

Wemple argued that media organizations usually only resolve when they “smash it down.” CBSNews insists that they are not doing so.

“The settlement doesn’t include an apology because there’s nothing to apologise. Actions under the attack in the Trump lawsuit are subject to great respect from the initial amendment,” he said.

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Last October, Trump sued CBS News and Paramount for $10 billion over allegations of election interference, including a “60-minute” interview with then-President Kamala Harris, which aired weeks before the presidential election (and later increased to $20 billion). (Left: (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images), Center: Screenshot/60 minutes, Right: (Photo: Andy Manis/Getty Images))

Quote the 1974 incident Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. screw, The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Herald after refusing to make the transfer public by politicians to critical editors, and Wemple argued that Paramount had hurt the precedent of the ruling with their settlement.

“The features — the features that occur multiple times in a day in newspapers, radio stations, television stations, networks, social media accounts, newsletters, and more are things that Paramount has not stuck with,” he declared. “It’s not worth something like ’60 minutes’.

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Fox News Digital I contacted CBS News and Paramount to comment on Wemple’s editorials, but they didn’t receive a response immediately.