{"id":2397447,"date":"2025-01-31T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-considers-settling-in-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-with-skydance-merger-on-the-line-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:41:47","slug":"cbs-considers-settling-in-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-with-skydance-merger-on-the-line-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-considers-settling-in-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-with-skydance-merger-on-the-line-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS considers settling in Trump 60 minutes lawsuit with Skydance merger on the line &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-considers-settling-in-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit-with-skydance-merger-on-the-line-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CBS News is reportedly in discussions to settle a lawsuit \u200bfiled \u200cby former\u200d President Donald Trump\u200b concerning a segment from *60 Minutes* \u2063featuring then-Vice President Kamala\u200d Harris. this comes after months of \u2064legal disputes over\u200d allegations that CBS\u200d edited the interview deceptively. Shari Redstone, \u200bthe controlling shareholder of CBS&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">parent company<\/a>, Paramount,\u200b is reportedly\u200d in favor\u2063 of reaching a\u200b settlement, a move that has raised concerns among some CBS\u200b journalists about the \u2064implications of settling with a political \u2063figure. <\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s uncertain what the settlement terms may include, Trump&#8217;s influence has grown since returning to office, \u2064potentially giving him leverage over CBS, including threats to\u200c influence its broadcasting license. The merger between paramount and Skydance Media, worth $8 billion, is also in play, with Skydance&#8217;s leadership indicating support for unbiased journalism, likely to placate the Trump \u2062administration.Trump has previously demanded unedited footage of the\u200d disputed \u200dinterview, claiming CBS&#8217;s\u200c edit misrepresented Harris&#8217;s response to a \u2064question about the Israel-Hamas war. CBS has publicly denied any wrongdoing in\u200d the \u200cediting of the segment. <\/p>\n<p>If a settlement is finalized, it would mark the second occasion Trump has reached\u200d an agreement with a major network \u200cfollowing his election victory, after ABC News\u200d settled a defamation lawsuit for $15\u200d million.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CBS considers settling in Trump 60 minutes lawsuit with Skydance merger on the line<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1946056\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Months after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> sued CBS News over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>60 Minutes<\/em><\/a>  segment featuring then-Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, settlement discussions between representatives of CBS News&rsquo;s parent company, Paramount, are reportedly ongoing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Shari Redstone, Paramount&rsquo;s controlling shareholder, strongly supports settling with Trump, according to a <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/business\/media\/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=1\/31\/25%20%20AM:&amp;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a>. The move could upset some journalists at the network who have voiced concerns about the idea of their parent company settling litigation they consider equivalent to a politician&rsquo;s typical problems with the media&rsquo;s news judgment.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what the terms of any such deal might include and if a deal will actually be reached. Trump sued the network over accusations they deceptively edited a segment featuring Harris.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Trump sued the network, media experts dismissed the case as a last-ditch effort to sue a network Trump and his allies do not like, but now that Trump is back in the White House, he has far more power over the network&rsquo;s future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even if the lawsuit has no merit, the Trump administration could toy with CBS News&rsquo; broadcast license, as the president said in a Truth Social post before the election that &ldquo;CBS SHOULD LOSE ITS LICENSE.&rdquo; Because Paramount owns broadcasting licenses, the FCC has the ultimate say over the transaction because it would involve the transfer of broadcast TV licenses held by local CBS-owned stations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Television networks and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">radio stations receive broadcast licenses<\/a> from the FCC, and they then have the discretion to edit programs and schedule them as they please. However the FCC has enforcement powers in certain situations, but these issues generally arise in the context of obscene, indecent, or profane material, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justia.com\/communications-internet\/the-fcc-and-broadcast-content-regulation\/#:~:text=Broadcast%20Decision%2DMaking,receive%20licenses%20through%20the%20FCC.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to legal analysts.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount and SkyDance Media are additionally trying to merge to create &ldquo;New Paramount,&rdquo; in a deal valued at $8 billion. Skydance is currently run by&nbsp;David Ellison, the son of billionaire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/market-data\/quotes\/ORCL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oracle<\/a>&nbsp;co-founder&nbsp;Larry Ellison, who has a good relationship with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> report, Skydance said David Ellison would support measures to promote unbiased journalism, which would appease the Trump administration in the merger&rsquo;s future and could be part of the reason Redstone wishes to settle.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the lawsuit, Paramount reportedly expects Brendan Carr, Trump&rsquo;s pick to run the FCC, to request that CBS News provide the agency with an unedited copy of 60 Minutes&rsquo; interview with Harris. CBS had previously not handed over the transcript when Trump&rsquo;s lawyers requested it.<\/p>\n<p>During the segment in question, CBS correspondent Bill Whitaker asked Harris a question about the Israel-Hamas war. In a preview of the program&rsquo;s interview with Harris on &ldquo;Face the Nation,&rdquo; CBS aired a more succinct version of what she said than the full answer she provided in the full <em>60 Minutes<\/em> installment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s repeated claims against 60 Minutes are false,&rdquo; CBS News said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/a-statement-from-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;The interview was not doctored; and 60 Minutes did not hide any part of Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s answer to the question at issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Edward Paltzik, Trump&rsquo;s lawyer on the case, told the <em>New York Times<\/em> that &ldquo;Real accountability for CBS and Paramount will ensure that the president is compensated for the harm done to him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump was additionally set<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3174052\/harris-sit-down-60-minutes-trump-reportedly-backs-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> to appear<\/a> on the program during the campaign, as all presidential candidates have appeared for decades, but his campaign backed out after learning there would be a fact-checking element of his appearance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A week ago, Trump backed out. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-explains-programs-exclusion-of-trump-was-his-choice-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"60 Minutes explains program\u2019s exclusion of Trump was his choice - Washington Examiner\">campaign offered shifting explanations<\/a>. First, it complained that we would fact-check the interview. We fact-check every story,&rdquo; CBS News&rsquo;s Scott Pelley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3180660\/60-minutes-explains-programs-exclusion-of-trump-was-his-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> on the matter. &ldquo;Later, Trump said he needed an apology for his interview in 2020.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If the settlement occurs, it would be the second lawsuit Trump has settled with a major network since winning the election. ABC News paid $15 million to settle Trump&rsquo;s defamation lawsuit against the network and its anchor George Stephanopoulos, who had said Trump had been found &ldquo;liable for rape&rdquo; in a civil trial when the president had been found liable for sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1946056\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1946056\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS is reportedly in talks to settle Trump&#8217;s lawsuit over a 60 Minutes segment featuring Kamala Harris, with support from Paramount&#8217;s Shari Redstone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2397448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CBS-News-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42153,7585,4585,3634],"class_list":["post-2397447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-60-minutes","tag-cbs","tag-lawsuit","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CBS-News-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397451,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397447\/revisions\/2397451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}