Posted on 01/25/2025 4:25:38 AM PST by Libloather
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging CBS News not to "cave" to President Donald Trump as the network is reportedly mulling a settlement to end its legal scuffle with the 47th Commander in Chief.
In October, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News alleging election interference over its handling of the "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the network of aiding his Democratic rival through deceptive editing. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that CBS parent company Paramount Global is considering settling the suit ahead of a planned merger that ultimately must pass muster with the new Trump administration.
Sanders took to X on Friday to sound the alarm on the prospects of a settlement.
"CBS may be reaching a legal settlement with Trump because he didn't like how a campaign interview with Kamala was edited. Really?" Sanders reacted. "If CBS caves, the belief that we have an independent media protected by the First Amendment is undermined."
"CBS: stand tall. Support the Constitution," the progressive lawmaker added.
CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Trump's lawsuit against CBS News stems from an exchange Harris had with "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker. In a preview clip that aired on "Face the Nation," Harris was asked why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S.
"Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region," Harris responded in the "Face the Nation" clip.
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President Trump should sue this elderly loser for interference with a legal proceeding. It would be something for him to have to live out his remaining time penniless. Maybe he could get a job as a store “greeter”.
Hey, Bernie, let’s see ya’ put one of your dachas on the line and stand tall…
Standing Tall doesn’t work when you were lying and covering up.
... and is running for another term.
Come on Bernie. You of all people should know it’s hard for far left mental midgets to “stand tall”.
Once you start taking advice from the likes of an asswipe like Bernie Sanders, you know you are destined to fail.
Bernie is just like Liathawa. They’re against rich people that have more millions than they do.
Sanders should have nothing to say about it.
Socialist Sanders proves just how socialism operates kind of like the BLM operation works.
The leaders of it need better things to keep it in operation.
The leaders of it need better things to keep it in operation.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
All of these fake proletarian neo-Marxist would be executed as bourgeoisie counter revolutionaries in Stalin’s time.
Bernie’s mother and father were immigrant Bolsheviks....commies through and through.Stalin ran them out.
Check
Hilarious. It’s easy for Bernie to say, he’s not gonna pay the bill.
‘Socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money.” — Margaret Thatcher
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