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the only reason CBS hasn't folded and paid Trump his bribery money yet is California threatened an investigation into whether such a deal would violate state bribery laws, which chuck here "forgets" to mention

nypost.comExclusive | Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump as media giant fears bribery backlash: sourcesNegotiations to settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS News over the Kamala Harris “60 Minutes” interview entered their sixth month.

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like CBS execs didn't just start worrying about bribery problems, the world's fourth largest economy (CA) specifically warned them this baseless legal threat and resulting settlemwmt could be construed as a bribe, which you'd think Chuck might mention somewhere in the first few paragraphs

Yes ultimately I think so. Investors want more pointless consolidation and Redstone wants out. All the people with any ethics are getting out early.

The Skydance people buying CBS are significantly more right wing and trump friendly than even the current feckless CBS execs, and any functional journalism this network still does will be hollowed out like a pumpkin

My local CBS station has been carrying DHS ads with Kristin Noem making hostile threats to the listeners about how all of you immigrants are criminals who need to get out of the country before DHS exiles you, and if you leave on your own you might be allowed back* *generally a blatant lie.

Yeah, I'd run into one somewhere before that; probably was YouTube. I wish YT had a "never show me THIS ad again" choice for offensive stuff like that (and for non-offensive stuff; the first 50 times they've tried to sell me Grammarly haven't worked, just give it up, okay? :-)

one fun memory I have of chuck is when FCC staffer and popular consumer rights expert Gigi Sohn told him he was spreading falsehoods about a telecom merger, he told her to "stay in her lane" and "go walk the dog" classy guy

He got mad at me on Twitter for telling him he was wrong about something legal and sent me a bunch of pictures of him in sweaty workout shirts Probably my most memorable Stranger Danger

Just one more mega media outlet going MAGA. This is all part of a plan to move the US to the far Right by first controlling all levels of government, then the Courts, all major media, education including colleges, finance, and corporations.

No specific CA call out, but… “The team fears it could be subject to litigation and even criminal bribery charges that are not covered by insurance…Several Democrats in Congress have raised the bribery issue and the worry is that a state attorney general or Congress…could launch an investigation.”

He knows CA already announced an investigation but actively ignores specifically mentioning it (and even buried this down the page) for fear it might make the state sound good

If Paramount did nothing wrong they should fight and countersue Felon Trump for defamation once exonerated. Think something else going on behind scenes. Maybe Felon Trump's FCC's dangling renewal of CBS broadcast license if Paramount doesn't give in. Wouldn't that be BLACKMAIL? Where's reporting?🌮

Wasn't there also rumblings of a shareholder lawsuit if the bribe was paid? I seem to recall something like that from a few months ago, but, to be fair, it could have been from any number of Trump-attempted bribes at this point...