The network agreed to pay the president this sum of money, acknowledging that it edited an interview with Kamala Harris in October in a way that favored the Democratic side
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President Donald Trump announced through Truth Social that he had reached an economic agreement with the network CBS and its parent company Paramount that will benefit him with a total of 36 million dollars.
The agreement represents another legal victory for the president's legal team, which had previously obtained compensation from ABC and its journalist George Stephanopoulos.
"We just achieved a GREAT AND IMPORTANT VICTORY in our historic lawsuit against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount. Like ABC and George Stephanopoulos, CBS and its corporate owners knew they had deceived the American people, and were desperate to reach a settlement," Trump posted.
"Paramount/CBS/60 Minutes have paid 16 million dollars today as part of the agreement, and we also anticipate receiving 20 million dollars more from the new owners in advertising, public service announcements, or other types of programming, for a total of more than 36 million dollars," he added.
Trump le declaró la guerra al Journal demandando a sus periodistas y a su dueño Rupert Murdoch.
The facts
CBS, owned by Paramount, blatantly manipulated and edited an interview conducted with then Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris in October 2024.
In this context, CBS aired two versions of an interview with Harris in which the Democrat gave two different answers to the same question about the war between Israel and Gaza, illustrating the total coordination that existed between the press and the candidate's campaign team.
CBS journalist Bill Whitaker had asked Trump's rival to clarify whether there was any friction in the relationship between the United States and Israel. However, for Harris the question was so challenging that the network aired these two different excerpts in two separate programs.
The media outlet sought to excuse itself by explaining that the candidate's answer was lengthy, so it had been edited to fit the timing of both programs.
Far from anyone believing this explanation, the network had no choice but to seal its guilt with this agreement, admitting that it had deceived the public.
Kamala en entrevista con CBS.
Trump warns other media outlets
In the same post where he announced his legal victory, Trump made sure to let other tabloids that have slandered him—such as the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, among others—know that they are on his radar for future lawsuits.
The presidential strategy of zero tolerance for defamation was set in motion when the Wall Street Journal falsely accused him of having written a suggestive birthday letter to the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
