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Liberal lawmakers asked David Ellison, chief executive of Skydance Media, which is set to merge with CBS owner Paramount, about alleged promises on conservative ad content.
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Fox News Digital breaks down how a "60 Minutes" editing decision of a Kamala Harris interview wound up turning into a lofty lawsuit settlement with President Trump.
Kiss the ring; bend the knee. Whatever metaphor you choose, President Trump has cowed the owners of two major media outlets into paying him millions of dollars. The settlements over Trump's lawsuits reached between his lawyers and Paramount Global and Disney - both for $16 million,
President Trump may not have exactly taken credit for getting Colbert fired, but he sure is happy about it. “I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” he wrote on Truth Social this morning.
The CBS/Paramount payout to Trump is chump change by the standards of big media corporations. But the size of the payout is irrelevant. That CBS would sell its First Amendment rights for any amount of money is humiliating.
The Federal Communications Commission has been entangled in politics for decades, but this may be a new low experts say.