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CBS has moved to dismiss Donald Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, calling it an attack on the First Amendment.

Trump alleges CBS edited the interview to harm him politically, citing “voter interference.” CBS attorneys argue the lawsuit seeks to punish “constitutionally protected editorial judgments” and is “without basis in law or fact.”

If not dismissed, CBS wants it moved to New York, where its headquarters is located.

The move comes as a surprise because CBS had considered settling to avoid delaying its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which requires regulatory approval.

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[–] [email protected] 264 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

CBS helped elect this clown. I distinctly recall in 2015 CBS cutting away from live Hillary Clinton rallies in the middle of her speech to instead go live to Trump’s empty podium before he even came out on stage.

I have no sympathy for what this administration does to the oligarchs legacy media corps now. And fuck Washington Post especially

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Every single trump voter and supporter should drink a gallon of methanol. It’ll protect them from measles.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

This is the thing that distinguishes the intellect of orbán and trump. Orbán developed what he officially named "the system of national collaboration" with an unofficial motto of "those with us will thrive [and those who are against us will struggle]". So initially they made sure that it was a lucrative thing to align with the system making it very inconvenient for systematic resistance to emerge. Trump seems to be failing this idea already in the acute phase: maintaining pressure even when companies realign with him makes it much more convenient to push back straight up...

[–] [email protected] 270 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

CBS realized if they gave in, Trump had no plans of stopping attacks whatsoever. So if you're gonna get attacked anyways, you might as well fight back .

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, this is the only logical move they have. Good to see someone still has ethical brains in business these days.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 weeks ago

This is the way

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Guess ABC is having briber's remorse and CBS got wise.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh, can I have some clarification on this, guess I'm out of the loop.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

ABC agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit that they could have easily won. Apparently, they thought it would be better to just give Trump money than it would be to piss him off by fighting it.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/nx-s1-5230274/abc-settles-with-trump-for-15-million-now-he-wants-to-sue-other-news-outlets

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting signs when corporations are starting to push back. Glad to see a news organization being at the front of the charge.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

The motivation is still about money. It's a corporation.

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