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Reports claim that CBS News parent company Paramount Global is in “detailed discussions” with President Donald Trump to settle his election interference lawsuit over a deceptively edited interview with Democrat rival Kamala Harris last fall.
Deadlineappearstohavebrokenthestory,oratleastgivesthatimpressivebyputting“wecanconfirm”inthefirstsentence.TheNewYorkTimesactuallybrokeit.TheDeadlinereportalsoframesthestorytogivetheimpressionthatCBSNewsdidnothingwrong,thatTrumpisabusingaTexaslawtogethisway,andthatParamountGlobalismerelytryingtowinTrump’sfavorduetoregulatoryconcerns.
Beforeevengettingtothefactsofthecase,Deadline’sTedJohnsonandDominicPattenwrote,“AnysettlementwouldbeahighlyconciliatorygesturetoTrump.Hewasnotevenpartofthe60Minutespiece,buthesuedthenetworkfor$10billionunderTexasDeceptiveTradePracticesAct,whichisgenerallyaimedatfalseadvertising.”
Well,let’stakealookatthevideotape,asGenXandBoomersusedtosay:
NowmaybethereissometruthtoParamount’sregulato
