Posted on 07/11/2025 5:46:19 AM PDT by Libloather
Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart bashed Paramount Global and CBS’ eight-figure settlement with President Donald Trump as giving into a "shakedown" on Monday.
Kroft appeared on Paramount-owned Comedy Central to discuss the settlement with Stewart, who didn’t pull punches when discussing his own employer. Kroft, who retired from the show in 2019 after a 30-year run, said his former colleagues are devastated that CBS and its parent company settled Trump’s "election interference" lawsuit.
"I think there is a lot of fear over there… fear of losing their job, fear of what’s happening to the country, fear of losing the First Amendment," Kroft said.
The lawsuit alleged CBS News deceitfully edited a "60 Minutes" interview last year with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in order to make her appear more articulate ahead of Election Day. Many legal experts and Paramount’s own attorneys insisted the lawsuit was meritless, but CBS’ parent company settled it anyway.
Kroft and Stewart insisted that "60 Minutes" did nothing wrong and emphasized that CBS didn’t issue an apology as part of the settlement.
"They never said, ‘We screwed up,’ they just paid the money," Kroft said.
"It was a shakedown. That’s what I call it," he continued. "Some people call it extortion."
Paramount's controlling shareholder Shari Redstone reportedly pushed for the settlement in hopes of paving the way for Trump’s FCC to approve a long-planned, lucrative merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media.
Fox News Digital has learned that the sum being paid to Trump could reach north of $30 million, with $16 million being paid upfront for his future presidential library, in addition to another eight-figure allocation set aside for advertisements, public service announcements or other similar transmissions, in support of conservative causes paid for by the network’s incoming ownership...
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What’s bad is the money didn’t go directly to Trump, who has to pay ridiculous fines and legal fees every time the Dims lawfare against him.
“in addition to another eight-figure allocation set aside for advertisements, public service announcements or other similar transmissions, in support of conservative causes paid for by the network’s incoming ownership.”
Excellent.
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Get bent, Dems. How’s that lawfare taste when you’re finally getting some of it shoved down your throat?
The problem isn’t that CBS has to pay.
The problem is that leftist propagandists didn’t also have to pay.
“So Mr. Kroft, as council for the Plaintiff I will need to know about your assets. Bank accounts, cash balances, property owned, your net worth, what’s in your wallet, investments…”
True. No personal consequences, so no remorse whatsoever.
It was a shakedown, and I am ambivalent about it, but it does have a nice “shoe on the other foot” vibe to it.
The reason Paramount Global gave up is because they fear the discovery process at a trial. There are a lot of skeletons in their closet and they fear the publicity.
They should both resign if they can’t live with the decision?
BS, they only fear that they can no longer lie and defame w/o consequence - it interferes with their mission which is Leftist activism.
Instead of seeing the moral of the story….. these clowns double down on media of political propaganda
I LOVE that Trump is giving them a taste of their own medicine. First ABC and now CBS. They thought it was great when Fox was shaken down. They don’t like it so much when they’re on the receiving end.
Why not? He was the one being defamed.
I remember when 60 Min did attack reporting on the F15 (overpriced) and the Apache Helicopter (overpriced, designed for the Cold War).
Both in real world combat are considered the best of the very best.
So much for 60 Min objective reporting.
👍
Maybe 60 Minutes could buy a bunch of Don Jrs paintings at $100k a pop.
Don’t make claims you can’t back up with evidence.
“I think there is a lot of fear over there”
Winning!
steve kroft and jon stewart do not have a good command of the english language
or maybe they do
and they are lying
so steve and jon are you stupid
or liars?
im going with stupid liars
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