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Paramount’s Trump Lawsuit Settlement: Curtain Call for the First Amendment? (Guest Column)
Paramount's settlement with Trump sends the message that news outlets should think twice before publishing reports that might anger the president, Knight First Amendment Institute's Katie Fallow writes.
From Walter Cronkite’s reporting on the Vietnam War to publishing the first photos of the abuses by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib, CBS News has a proud history of public service when it comes to checking government wrongdoing. And since Richard Nixon ran against Hubert Humphrey in 1968, “60 Minutes” has made a practice of interviewing both major party candidates in the lead-up to each presidential election. Although that investigation is still pending, it seems clear enough that Paramount has decided that billions outrank millions and the cost of throwing decades of credibility out the window can’t make up the difference.
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