The $16 million settlement agreed to by CBS News and President Donald Trump is not as troubling as it might, in the most extreme case, have been: It did not include an apology.
That is, perhaps, the only solace believers in the First Amendment can take in the news, broken early July 2, that the lawsuit filed by the President has come to an end. Trump’s suit was premised on the idea that the news network had deceptively edited a “60 Minutes” appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris during her presidential run. Since his second term began, Trump has been seeking to neuter the press, wringing a similar settlement
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