{"id":58260,"date":"2025-02-01T11:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58260"},"modified":"2025-02-01T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:35:24","slug":"getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58260","title":{"rendered":"Getting To The Bottom Of The Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Breitbart<\/a> reported that CBS has agreed to turn over to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the unedited transcript of the \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview of Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Trump sued CBS for $10 million over the \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview, claiming it was deceptively edited to make Harris look good. Published reports said that CBS\u2019 parent company, Paramount, has been talking to Trump\u2019s lawyers about a settlement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The network said Friday that it was compelled by Brendan Carr, Trump\u2019s appointee as FCC chairman, to turn over the transcripts and camera feeds of the interview for a parallel investigation by the commission. \u201c60 Minutes\u201d has resisted releasing transcripts for this and all of its interviews, to avoid second-guessing of its editing process.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The case, particularly a potential settlement, is being closely watched by advocates for press freedom and by journalists within CBS, whose lawyers called Trump\u2019s lawsuit \u201ccompletely without merit\u201d and promised to vigorously fight it after it was filed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…In his lawsuit, filed in Texas on Nov. 1, Trump charged it was deceptive editing designed to benefit Harris and constituted \u201cpartisan and unlawful acts of voter interference.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump, who turned down a request to be interviewed by \u201c60 Minutes\u201d during the campaign, has continued his fight despite winning the election less than a week after the lawsuit was filed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The network has not commented on talks about a potential settlement, reported by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Paramount executives are seeking Trump administration approval of a sale of the company to another entertainment firm, Skydance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABC News in December settled a defamation lawsuit<\/a> by Trump over statements made by anchor George Stephanopoulos, agreeing to pay $15 million toward Trump\u2019s presidential library rather than engage in a public fight. Meta has reportedly paid $25 million<\/a> to settle Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the company over its decision to suspend his social media accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not that I have become overly cynical, but my feeling is that if the Biden administration still controlled the Justice Department, that transcript would mysteriously go missing, and that would be the end of the story. However, there is a new sheriff in town. Also, if we were still under the Biden administration, anything in that transcript that was damaging to Republicans would immediately be leaked to the press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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