There has been endless drama over at the CBS network, but it’s not due to their primetime lineup—no, it’s their news division that has provided twists and turns and plot twists.

The reason: CBS News has a history of dishonest reporting, and Donald Trump called them out on it. He sued the outlet for $10 billion (later raised to 20) over their deceptive edits of an interview with Kamala Harris before the ’24 presidential election. In one version, she rambled on in one of her typical word salads, but in another, they spliced clips together to make her sound coherent and intelligent. Since we know she is neither, it was a clearly cynical effort to affect the minds of voters.

Now it’s time to pay up. Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, is reportedly ready to cave:

The board of Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, outlined acceptable financial terms for a potential settlement with President Donald Trump on his "60 Minutes" lawsuit, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people with knowledge of the internal discussions.

Shari Redstone, the board's nonexecutive chair and Paramount's controlling shareholder, recused herself from the portion of the meeting in which board members discussed a settlement, one source who requested anonymity told Reuters.

The exact dollar amounts remain unclear, but the board's move paves the way for an out-of-court resolution, the New York Times said.

More drama: '60 Minutes' Anchor Scott Pelley Goes on Astonishing Rant Against Paramount Bosses in Deluded Monologue

Veteran '60 Minutes' Producer on the Outs After Disastrous Kamala Interview, Trump Lawsuit

The president unloaded on the network in a Wednesday social media post:

New Truth from @POTUS: "The case we have against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount is a true WINNER." pic.twitter.com/JOrnw5mhuv

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 30, 2025

It’s a long post, but here it is in full:

The case we have against 60 Minutes, CBS, and Paramount is a true WINNER. They cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena. Kamala Harris, during Early Voting and, immediately before Election Day, was asked a question, and gave an answer, that was so bad and incompetent that it would have cost her many of the Votes that she ended up getting. It was a disastrous answer! 60 Minutes and its corporate parents, in order that this not have a negative impact on her, removed and deleted Kamala’s entire answer, every word of it, and replaced it with a response that she gave later on to an entirely different question. The new answer was not good, but it didn’t show Gross Incompetence like the one that was removed by 60 Minutes. In other words, 60 Minutes perpetrated a Giant FRAUD against the American People, the Federal Elections Commission, and the Federal Communications System. Despite all of the above, and Paramount’s/CBS’/60 Minutes’ admittance to this crime and, with other similar corrupt removals of answers to questions, the Failing New York Times, which is Fake News both in writing and polling, claims that “people” said that the case is baseless. They don’t mean that, they just have a non curable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, possibly to the point where the Times’ interjection makes them liable for tortious interference, including in Elections, which we are intently studying. The bottom line is that what 60 Minutes and its corporate owners have committed is one of the most egregious illegalities in Broadcast History. Nothing like this, the illegal creation of an answer for a Presidential Candidate, has ever been done before, they have to pay a price for it, and the Times should also be on the hook for their likely unlawful behavior. It is vital to hold these Liars and Fraudsters accountable!

Caught red-handed:

Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.

This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x

— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024

I’m not one for censorship or telling outlets what they should cover or how they should frame it. That being said, if you continually peddle false or misleading information, karma will catch up to you.

CBS News fooled around one time too many, and now they’re finding out.

Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie.  

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