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"If #Paramount Global, the parent company of #CBS News, settles a $20 billion lawsuit brought by U.S. President #DonaldTrump, it could face another lawsuit from a leading press freedom organization.

"The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), a Paramount shareholder, notified company executives in a letter on Friday that a settlement with Trump 'could amount to a bribe' to the president and his administration 'for their approving and not impeding' a merger." 💯

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Common Dreams · 'Could Amount to a Bribe': Group Threatens Lawsuit If Paramount Caves to Trump | Common DreamsIf Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settles a $20 billion lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, it could face another lawsuit from a leading press freedom organization.

"The Andy Griffith Show Theme" is the #theme for the 1960–1968 #CBS television #sitcom #TheAndyGriffithShow. It was composed in 1960 by #EarleHagen, who also performs the whistling heard in the theme. Its success resulted in widespread demand in the United States for a commercial recording. In 1961, actor #EverettSloane wrote lyrics for an expanded vocal version of the theme, which in this guise was renamed "The Fishin' Hole".
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WendyMcMahon’s tenure atop #CBSNews, which she took over in Aug 2023, has been rocky at times

#ShariRedstone openly criticized McMahon’s handling of an Oct incident involving the “CBS Mornings” anchor #TonyDokoupil, who in an interview had challenged the author #TaNehisiCoates’s views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

#CBS #Paramount #60Minutes #Skydance
#ethics #journalism #democracy #FourthEstate #law #censorship #propaganda #AmericanAutocracy

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#WendyMcMahon, whose full title was president of #CBSNews & Stations, said in a memo that “it’s become clear the company & I do not agree on the path forward.”

Tensions between Ms. McMahon & #CBS’s parent company, #Paramount, have simmered for months, a period that Ms. McMahon described in her memo as “challenging.”

#ethics #journalism #democracy #FourthEstate #law #censorship #propaganda #AmericanAutocracy
#60Minutes #ShariRedstone #Skydance