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Paramount Settles Trump's $20 Billion Lawsuit for $16 Million Over CBS Edit

Above: Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Palace Hotel on April 30, 2025 in California. Image copyright: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

By disguising Harris’s incoherent meanderings with a neat, made‑for‑prime‑time rewrite, CBS’s once‑venerable “60 Minutes” traded journalistic duty for partisan spin. Paramount’s settlement only spotlights the deception: a network that quietly doctored campaign coverage and then stonewalled transparency, rigging narrative and betraying viewers while calling it “routine editing.”

Anti-Trump narrative

Despite Paramount’s impulse to buy peace, CBS’s “60 Minutes” owes Trump neither a dime nor an apology. The broadcast followed routine, transparent editing, evidenced by the transcript released by the FCC. Trump’s $20 billion tantrum distracts from the fact he dodged the interview. CBS stood firm, practicing tough, equal‑opportunity journalism while the former president spun demonstrable lies.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 75% chance that the White House will revoke the media credentials of reporters from two media outlets before 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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