Summary
CBS staff are outraged by reports that Paramount Global may settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.
The lawsuit, widely dismissed as frivolous, has sparked newsroom backlash. “Trump’s lawsuit was a joke, but if we settle, we become the laughingstock,” a CBS correspondent said.
Critics fear Paramount is appeasing Trump to secure regulatory approval for its Skydance Media merger.
Bernie Sanders and others warn that caving to Trump undermines press independence and encourages further media intimidation.
All it really takes is not being a shitheel. That’s what is most ethical and in their case most profitable, they literally cannot do it.
There’s no money in it for the this quarter. Their attention spans can’t last any longer than that. It might make them a hundred times the money two years down the road. But they don’t care