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The CBS News Settlement Proves Trump Is Winning His War on the Press
From lawsuits to changing the White House Briefing Room, President Donald Trump is weakening the news media
Since his second term began, Trump has been seeking to neuter the press, wringing a similar settlement out of ABC News after an inaccurate statement made on-air by George Stephanopoulos and reshaping the White House Briefing Room to be stocked with right-wing podcasters and content creators, instead of journalists. No one can know how a trial might have played out; Paramount, which owns CBS News, is in the process of a merger with Skydance that at once promises to bail out a flailing studio and also requires approval by Trump’s Federal Communications Commission. There’s been plenty of collateral damage: Bill Owens, the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” resigned, and Wendy McMahon, the news organization’s head and a defender of the newsmagazine show, was forced out.
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