Media Giants Settling With Donald Trump Are Setting a “Dangerous” Precedent 🏆

[League Champion 1,896]

Disney paid $15 million toward a future presidential library to settle a lawsuit Trump filed against its subsidiary ABC News. In late January, Facebook-parent Meta settled the president’s claims with a $22 million check for the library (plus another $3 million in legal fees). Next up: Paramount Global, owner of CBS News, which is currently negotiating the potential price of its surrender with Trump’s lawyers.

The three cases have appalled legal scholars, journalists, and First Amendment advocates because the settlements appear to be motivated less by the strength of Trump’s arguments than by the fear of much worse to come. The concern is that Trump is using the power of the presidency, and the threat of extracting even greater pain, to strongarm his targets. “No president has ever been as overt about his goal of using as many levers of punishment as possible” to intimidate news organizations and their parent companies, said RonNell Andersen Jones, a University of Utah law professor. The corporate capitulation, she told me, is “shortsighted and dangerous.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/media-donald-trump-paramount-disney-meta

 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,828]

6 minutes ago, League Champion said:

Disney paid $15 million toward a future presidential library to settle a lawsuit Trump filed against its subsidiary ABC News. In late January, Facebook-parent Meta settled the president’s claims with a $22 million check for the library (plus another $3 million in legal fees). Next up: Paramount Global, owner of CBS News, which is currently negotiating the potential price of its surrender with Trump’s lawyers.

The three cases have appalled legal scholars, journalists, and First Amendment advocates because the settlements appear to be motivated less by the strength of Trump’s arguments than by the fear of much worse to come. The concern is that Trump is using the power of the presidency, and the threat of extracting even greater pain, to strongarm his targets. “No president has ever been as overt about his goal of using as many levers of punishment as possible” to intimidate news organizations and their parent companies, said RonNell Andersen Jones, a University of Utah law professor. The corporate capitulation, she told me, is “shortsighted and dangerous.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/media-donald-trump-paramount-disney-meta

 

Good thing Vanity Fair is on the case!  They've always been unbiased, fair and balanced and have never done the bidding of any political party. 

[jonmx 2,424]

I guess these people are completely oblivious to the fact the CIA has spent decades infiltrating and controlling the messaging of the mainstream media and strongarming big tech to censor citizens.  

[Engorgeous George 2,123]

I remember a time when a free press would have relished the continuing story they would have had to report on concerning the President suing them.  They use to love being martyred for their principles.  The potential jury verdict would have paled in comparison to their increase in circulation numbers and their personal prestige.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,828]

On 2/7/2025 at 6:50 PM, jonmx said:

I guess these people are completely oblivious to the fact the CIA has spent decades infiltrating and controlling the messaging of the mainstream media and strongarming big tech to censor citizens.  

The CIA is not supposed to be operating domestically at all. 

[Voltaire 5,181]

2 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

I remember a time when a free press would have relished the continuing story they would ahve had to report on concerning the President suing them.  They use to love being martyred for their principles.  The potential jury verdict would ahve paled in comparison to their increase in circulation numbers and their personal prestige.

Good observation. 

They've taken us for an obvious ride this far that few respect them enough anymore to care.

[supermike80 1,799]

Tell the truth and youll be fine.  Its not hard

[RLLD 4,143]

Do they not realize that the precedent was set already? By liberal players throughout media?

I guess if it becomes true that media shifts toward the center or the right,  THEN.....it is a focking problem?   Really?

 

[League Champion 1,896]

The Dems created this Monster, how are they surprised? 

[Patented Phil 1,469]

It’s a good thing CNN settled with U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young on punitive damages last month.  I heard an interview the other day with one of the jurors who said that the jury wanted to “send a message” to the media.  He estimated that their likely award would have been at least $100 million.

[Patented Phil 1,469]

By the way, 60 Minutes is in big trouble in this case.   Case was brought in Texas.  They’ll likely settle with Trump for a lot of money.

[HotRod 69]

Too late vanity fair.  We control the media now.  No more propaganda 

[jonmx 2,424]

1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

The CIA is not supposed to be operating domestically at all. 

90 percent of what the feds do is stuff they are not supposed to be doing.   They take authority which was granted to them for special purposes such as fighting commies, fighting gangsters, fighting terrorists, fighting bank fraud by major financial institutions.....and then they abuse that power by targeting citizens who do not bootlick for their big government authoritarian dreams.   There are more conservative/Trump supporting US citizens on terror watch lists than there are actual terrorists.  And the lowlife bootlicking leftist retards on the forum cheerlead for that.   Seriously fuk every one of them.  They are a bunch of authoritarian butt-kissers.