CBS considers caving on Trump censorship lawsuit to save Paramount merger
Briefly

A law professor described Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit regarding CBS' editing of a 60 Minutes interview as "so ill grounded that it comes close to being sanctionable as frivolous."
Executives at Paramount Global have considered settling the lawsuit to ease potential regulatory challenges with incoming FCC chairman Brendan Carr, who suggested presidential dissatisfaction could complicate a merger review.
The lawsuit claims CBS's editing of the interview represents deceitful manipulation of news, rather than an exercise of judgment, fundamentally changing the basis of the reporting.
Rather than defending free speech, Paramount seems inclined to follow others like Disney who opted for settlements to avoid conflict with the incoming administration.
Read at The Verge
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