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CBS News Staffers React To Paramount Settlement Of Trump’s Lawsuit: John Dickerson Says, “Can You Hold Power To Account After Paying It Millions?” — Update
There was a feeling of dismay, but not surprise, at the $16 million figure.
CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, in the morning editorial call, noted that the settlement did not include an apology, while urging his team to move forward, per a source. Trump sued the network over an Oct. 7 60 Minutes interview with his 2024 rival Kamala Harris, claiming that it was intentionally edited to make her look better and boost her electoral chances. They included Geoffrey R. Stone, law professor at the University of Chicago, who told the network, “That statute is about sales — a salesperson can be held liable for stating that a product has certain positive effects when he knows it doesn’t.
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