CBS's Parent Corporation Paramount In Talks to Settle Trump's $10 Billion Election Interference Claim, Based on the Deceptive Editing of Kamala Harris's Word Salad Fake Interview

They don't want to reveal the transcript and the tape of what Kamala Harris really said, before CBS's crew of election-riggers went at it with scissors and tape to make it sound nearly coherent.

CBS owner Paramount is in settlement talks with representatives of President Donald Trump over a lawsuit launched by Trump over what he has said is a deceptive edit during an interview with his former opponent, Kamala Harris.

Paramount is seeking a merger with Skydance Media, an entertainment company that is owned by Larry Ellison and controlled by his son, David, according to the New York Times. When Trump launched the lawsuit, it was dismissed by some as far-fetched, but now that Paramount is seeking to merge the media company, government permissions with the FCC may stand in its way.

Settlement discussions between Trump and Paramount have been underway, according to the outlet, citing multiple sources familiar with the negotiations. The majority shareholder of Paramount, Shari Redstone, has reportedly been in favor of the settlement and stands to get billions from selling her shares of the company.

During a 60 Minutes interview for the 2024 campaign, there was one condensed version of Harris' answer to a question on Israel presented in the full-length interview that aired on 60 Minutes, but when it was advertised on Face the Nation earlier in the day, the clip had Harris giving something of a "word salad" answer.

60 Minutes claimed that the accusation of a deceptive edit was "false" and that the show instead "gave an excerpt of our interview to 'Face the Nation' that used a longer section of [Harris'] answer than that on 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response."

The lawsuit from Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages and accuses the network of "election interference" because of the "deceptively doctored" interview.

I don't know if this suit has real merit, because I've never heard of "election interference" as a cause of action. But I guess someone at Paramount thinks it has some merit.

I'm sure Trump would drop the case for peanuts -- specifically, if CBS released the transcript and unedited tapes.

But they don't want to do that. That would expose them.

And I bet they had an agreement with Kamala Harris that they would never release the unedited tapes.

And why would they agree to that? And why would Kamala Harris demand it?

You know why.

posted by Ace at 03:49 PM

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