Post AviKMYDoN02jZ843BA by RunRichRun@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AviIksLF15wF0Y0ilE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T05:49:56Z
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Total crap#Paramount to Pay #Trump $16 Million to #Settle ‘#60Minutes’ LawsuitTrump had ridiculously sued over an interview with former Vice President #KamalaHarris. The company needs federal approval for a multibillion-dollar sale.#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AviJ1EO8oal81BAM3k by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T05:52:53Z
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#Paramount said late Tuesday that it has agreed to pay #Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the #CBS News program “#60Minutes,” an extraordinary concession to a sitting president by a major #media organization.Paramount said its payment includes Trump’s legal fees & costs & that the money, minus the legal fees, will be paid to Trump’s future [nonexistent] presidential library.#law #democracy #FreePress #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AviJ7YvhM8WNSlsgmu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T05:54:02Z
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As part of the settlement, #Paramount said that it had agreed to release written transcripts of future “#60Minutes” interviews with presidential candidates. The company said that the settlement did not include an apology.The deal is the clearest sign yet that #Trump’s ability to intimidate major American institutions extends to the #media industry.#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AviJFWswqBqbRIOT5M by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T05:55:30Z
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Many lawyers had dismissed #Trump’s lawsuit as baseless & believed that #CBS would have ultimately prevailed in #court, in part because the network did not report anything factually inaccurate, & the #FirstAmendment gives #publishers wide leeway to determine how to present information.#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AviJLKGmerE23BJ4a0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T05:56:32Z
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But #ShariRedstone, the chair & controlling shareholder of #Paramount, told her board that she favored exploring a #settlement with #Trump. Some executives at the company viewed the president’s lawsuit as a potential hurdle to completing a multibillion-dollar sale of the company to the Hollywood studio Skydance, which requires the Trump administration’s approval.#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AviJXfeIznadpfC9x2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T05:58:47Z
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The size of the settlement, $16 million, is the same sum that #ABC News agreed to pay in December to settle a *defamation* case filed by #Trump against the network & one of its anchors, George Stephanopoulos. #Paramount’s board was concerned that paying a higher amount to settle the case could increase the company’s exposure to potential legal actions from shareholders accusing them of #bribery.#law #democracy #FreePress #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AviJqD9ZAOJMxLeqhM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T06:02:07Z
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The sale of #Paramount would end the Redstone family’s decades-long control of #CBS News & Paramount Pictures & put it in the hands of #DavidEllison, the son of #LarryEllison, a #tech #billionaire who has backed #Trump.Brendan Carr, the chairman of the #FCC, has said that Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount was not linked to the FCC’s review of the company’s merger w/Skydance🙄. Paramount has also said that the 2 issues were unrelated🙄.#law #FreePress #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AviJs35FZmb0IyW0nY by katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
2025-07-02T06:02:26Z
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@Nonilex It's obviously bribery.
(DIR) Post #AviKMYDoN02jZ843BA by RunRichRun@mastodon.social
2025-07-02T06:07:57Z
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@Nonilextrump is holding sway — IOW, forcing capitulation — in academia as well as the corporate sector. The US is becoming unrecognizable as an imperfect but progressive democracy. https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/07/penn-federal-government-title-ix-settlement
(DIR) Post #AviKOpqfnxuOoUKZpQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T06:08:23Z
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…Senators like #ElizabethWarren of Massachusetts & #BernieSanders of Vermont have warned that any payment by #Paramount to #Trump could be construed as a #bribe, & they said they would consider holding a congressional hearing about it.The prospect of being accused of #bribery, & perhaps facing legal action because of it, had vexed Paramount’s directors, who had to weigh the corporate benefits of a #settlement against the perception that they were greenlighting a deal to secure a merger.#law
(DIR) Post #AviKYpSg6B6kVbsAVM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-02T06:10:11Z
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#FreedomOfThePress Foundation, a #FirstAmendment group, has said it planned to file a lawsuit on behalf of shareholders against Redstone & the #Paramount board in the event of a settlement with #Trump; the group has retained the prominent litigator Abbe Lowell for its effort.Paramount is planning to make changes to its board on Wednesday.#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AviMZ6qVfDLaKlHUsC by crdfilm@mastodon.social
2025-07-02T06:32:33Z
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@Nonilex I hope he has the FTC block the merger now. Bullies gonna be bullies.
(DIR) Post #AviPmNsTx138mgE1ke by soulexpress@musician.social
2025-07-02T07:08:37Z
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@Nonilex Fucking cowards.
(DIR) Post #AviPtoXrCVTBWD7Z6e by DigitalTaoist@ieji.de
2025-07-02T07:09:58Z
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@Nonilex Appeasement is right - why are they reinforcing this lunatic's abuse of the courts?
(DIR) Post #AviPwaFinRA83lxVia by RejoinEU@mastodon.online
2025-07-02T07:10:27Z
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@Nonilex Grotesque conflict of interest & political corruption.
(DIR) Post #AviqBbcGbeM9RPKOJs by nomdeb@mstdn.social
2025-07-02T12:04:28Z
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@Nonilex ok. It’s my very small voice here, but I am canceling my paramount streaming subscription. Bad behavior - especially when it leads to the end of democracy and rule of law - should not be rewarded. #Paramount #USPol
(DIR) Post #Avit72rSBNSmM1wrFA by projektionsyta@mastodon.nu
2025-07-02T12:37:15Z
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@NonilexThe smell of corruption is felt across the oceans.
(DIR) Post #Avj8lcbqBoV67ZS5Qm by BackFromTheDud@mas.to
2025-07-02T15:32:43Z
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@Nonilex When corporate power meets government power...