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sop

(12,319 posts)
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:31 AM Jan 18

'What Will CBS Do to Prove to Dems It Can Give Them A Fair Shake?'

"CBS and its parent company Paramount are considering settling a lawsuit Trump filed against them late last year alleging 'election interference' and demanding $10 billion in damages."

"ABC settled an incredibly weak case Trump brought over George Stephanopoulos’s correct use of the word 'rape' to describe what a jury in New York concluded Trump had done to E. Jean Carroll. But there’s weak and there’s weak. The suit against CBS isn’t weak. It’s absurd. There’s no tort of editing. But Paramount is considering settling and generally going full Oprah cash & prizes for Donald Trump. This WSJ article which broke the news tells us what the issue is: CBS has a merger its trying to get approved. And the Trump team, including the incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr (who has openly promised to abuse his power starting on day one) have made it clear that companies have to give Trump cash and prizes if they don’t want trouble."

"CBS and Paramount have gotten the message...If they’re making clear they’re this desperate to give Trump cash and prizes, particularly with their news division, everyone should be on notice that they’re going to be looking for opportunities to stick it to Democrats as a way to grease the skids for their merger deal. They’re essentially saying it out loud. There’s no other way to interpret this."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-will-cbs-do-to-prove-to-dems-it-can-give-them-a-fair-shake

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'What Will CBS Do to Prove to Dems It Can Give Them A Fair Shake?' (Original Post) sop Jan 18 OP
Why would the media want to appear fair? Irish_Dem Jan 18 #1
They've already shown us who they are & what their agenda is. SheltieLover Jan 18 #2
CBS should go out of business. House of Roberts Jan 18 #3
People expect for-profit media... Think. Again. Jan 18 #4
Trump has discovered a new method for laundering his bribes and payoffs. sop Jan 18 #5
Don't look at me, people actually voted for this bullshit Blue_Tires Jan 19 #6

SheltieLover

(61,836 posts)
2. They've already shown us who they are & what their agenda is.
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:42 AM
Jan 18

I have no use for anyone who attempts to normalize slobby's Project 2025 or his addled rants.

House of Roberts

(5,829 posts)
3. CBS should go out of business.
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:43 AM
Jan 18

Sell off all the assets and give the money to their employees as severance pay.

Think. Again.

(21,197 posts)
4. People expect for-profit media...
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:43 AM
Jan 18

....to think about something other than profit?

That's weird.

sop

(12,319 posts)
5. Trump has discovered a new method for laundering his bribes and payoffs.
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 09:04 AM
Jan 18

He files ridiculous suits against corporations that have pending business before a Republican Congress or the federal courts, always with the tacit understanding the Trump administration has the power to harm their business interests if they do not agree to settle.

The companies pay out millions to Trump as the plaintiff. Trump pockets what is tantamount to a bribe disguised as a "legal settlement." And his administration "protects" the companies' interests by allowing their business to proceed without interference.

This is the textbook definition of a mob protection racket. It's unvarnished gangsterism.

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