Total crap
#Paramount to Pay #Trump $16 Million to #Settle ‘#60Minutes’ Lawsuit
Trump had ridiculously sued over an interview with former Vice President #KamalaHarris. The company needs federal approval for a multibillion-dollar sale.
#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/07/02/busines…
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Paramount said late Tuesday that it has agreed to pay #Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the #CBS News program “#60Minutes,” an extraordinary concession to a sitting president by a major #media organization.
Paramount said its payment includes Trump’s legal fees & costs & that the money, minus the legal fees, will be paid to Trump’s future [nonexistent] presidential library.
#law #democracy #FreePress #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •As part of the settlement, #Paramount said that it had agreed to release written transcripts of future “#60Minutes” interviews with presidential candidates. The company said that the settlement did not include an apology.
The deal is the clearest sign yet that #Trump’s ability to intimidate major American institutions extends to the #media industry.
#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Many lawyers had dismissed #Trump’s lawsuit as baseless & believed that #CBS would have ultimately prevailed in #court, in part because the network did not report anything factually inaccurate, & the #FirstAmendment gives #publishers wide leeway to determine how to present information.
#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •But #ShariRedstone, the chair & controlling shareholder of #Paramount, told her board that she favored exploring a #settlement with #Trump. Some executives at the company viewed the president’s lawsuit as a potential hurdle to completing a multibillion-dollar sale of the company to the Hollywood studio Skydance, which requires the Trump administration’s approval.
#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The size of the settlement, $16 million, is the same sum that #ABC News agreed to pay in December to settle a *defamation* case filed by #Trump against the network & one of its anchors, George Stephanopoulos. #Paramount’s board was concerned that paying a higher amount to settle the case could increase the company’s exposure to potential legal actions from shareholders accusing them of #bribery.
#law #democracy #FreePress #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
Katrina Katrinka
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The sale of #Paramount would end the Redstone family’s decades-long control of #CBS News & Paramount Pictures & put it in the hands of #DavidEllison, the son of #LarryEllison, a #tech #billionaire who has backed #Trump.
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the #FCC, has said that Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount was not linked to the FCC’s review of the company’s merger w/Skydance🙄. Paramount has also said that the 2 issues were unrelated🙄.
#law #FreePress #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…Senators like #ElizabethWarren of Massachusetts & #BernieSanders of Vermont have warned that any payment by #Paramount to #Trump could be construed as a #bribe, & they said they would consider holding a congressional hearing about it.
The prospect of being accused of #bribery, & perhaps facing legal action because of it, had vexed Paramount’s directors, who had to weigh the corporate benefits of a #settlement against the perception that they were greenlighting a deal to secure a merger.
#law
Rich Stein (he/him)
in reply to Nonilex • • •thedp.com/article/2025/07/penn…
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