Source: Expression
by Bob Corn-Revere
“Paramount Global’s decision to pay $16 million to end President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris was a ‘win for the American people,’ according to Trump’s lawyers. And it happened because ‘CBS and Paramount Global realized the strength of this historic case and had no choice but to settle.’ Well, not quite. The case is ‘historic’ for sure, but not in a good way or because the advocates came up with profound theories of media law. Quite to the contrary: The case is so baseless, so devoid of factual or legal support, and so diametrically opposed to basic First Amendment principles it is hard to imagine how those who filed it sleep at night. … The reason for the settlement is obvious. Paramount, the corporate parent of the CBS television network, had a gun to its head.” (07/07/25)