Why did ABC News settle the defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss on a new episode of CAFE Insider. Listen on @cafedotcom.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3BlASzG
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Better question is why didn't George Stephanopoulos immediately resign? Why hasn't every single person with ethics and morals resigned from these billionaire controlled propaganda factories?
Or why hasn’t he been fired? If the defamation suit is legit then he is a huge liability to the network and should be fired. If it’s not then he should quit to demonstrate an ounce of integrity. They can’t have it both ways.
It's true. I assume many people have no idea what these TV talking heads make. Stephanopoulos makes 15 million dollars a year. I'm sure he perfectly fine with huge tax cuts and the reat of them are no different.
Because his lawyer and the settlement were paid for by ABC thru indemnity, and $15M is chump change to Disney. His agreement to apologize is going to cost HIM plenty. He should pull a Harry Litman and quit to restore a shred of integrity.
Everybody at ABC who has any shred of credibility should quit. There's no point in working for media that nobody trusts. Words are falling on deaf ears. Only action matters! What are you going to DO? You either kiss the ring or pick up the flag and CHARGE! History will judge. Choose wisely.
Isn't it kind of obvious? ABC lost its spine & fed Trump into thinking can also muscle others to bend a knee. Should Stephanopoulos have resigned instead of morphing into a sheep, challenged his own credibility? Living on your knees than risk dying on your feet is not how one defends 1A & democracy.
Bending the knee. Everyone is falling in line. Atleast in 2016 he still had critics but this time around resistance is all Gone. Russian playbook activated
They set a horrible precedent. There is no doubt they would have prevailed and now ABC joins the other cowards over at MSNBC. Kissing Adolf's ring is not the answer.
Why did ABC sell out Stephanopoulos? The judge presiding over the trial wrote in an 8/23 Order the sexual abuse Trump was found liable for forcibly penetrating Carroll with his fingers during a mid-1990s assault means "Mr. Trump DID 'RAPE' Ms. Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood."
This is about George Stephanopoulos and the rest of the ABC staff that bet on a trump loss and rode his ass pretty bad.
They weren’t saying anything that wasn’t true, they just didn’t put up with the maga narrative.
They embarrassed trump. They picked on him.
They gambled and lost. $15m.
Why? Because they are weak, no longer represent journalism and standing by their staff but instead want to appease MAGA party (who run under the Republican banner to try and fool people).
After months of sane-washing everything he did while simultaneously scrutinizing Harris for not being able to pack 18mos of campaign into 100 days, we get another frog puzzled by this scorpion?
Definitely. Now emboldened by his win Rump launches a completely baseless suit against the Des Moines Register as it had the audacity to publish a poll that showed Harris ahead. Revenge tour.
It got to be a joke. What library is he going to have? What is going to be displayed there? The 30k lies he told along with the boxes of documents he stole from the WH. Pray tell. What has he done.
Because they figured that if they go ahead and win, Trump will cause problems for them... they are such heroes... well, yet another MSM that will go belly-up in the next few years.
ABC is now an official obedient servant of the orange goblin. Maybe their strategy should have been to tell that worthless fuck to go fuck himself and his corrupt Supreme Court.
My answer to most questions like this is 'money'. Why does anything happen in US politics? Money is the answer 97% of the time and fear is the answer 2% of the time with misc being the remaining 1%.
They settled because #ABCNews is a brand owned by a larger corporation #Disney and it's all about brand management, and not pissing off #DonaldTrump who isn't above using the #DOJ as a weapon
I'm under the impression that George was the litigant that signed the agreement, not some rep from ABC.?
WHY did GEORGE give in?? Did someone order him to give up a winning hand? Has anyone interviewed george?
George Stephanopoulos wasn't wrong in what he said but I highly he had much say in ABC's decision to settle.
From a business standpoint, it was probably easier to have it over with & (to them) $15million isn't much.
From a PR standpoint, in hindsight, maybe not so wise.
I’m sure Disney thought that it was a way of getting rid of the story. Pay it off and it will go away. But the blowback from it is making Disney look really bad.
trump, as the POTUS, can act like a big insurance company that owes you for a loss but just plays you off cuz they can bully you out of your deserved and contracted payment, cuz that is how he does business, biggly genously that he is.
All corporate owned media will do this to protect their other interests that make a helluva lot more $$$ than news. Independent media is the only place we can truly have a chance of unvarnished truth.
How about ABC wanted a legal way to bribe Little Donny Trump. So they settled. It's all perfectly legal. They're going to pay him 15 million because they dared to actually state the facts and the truth.
Trump needs to be silenced once and for all! He’s not only a rapist, but a thief! A murderer! Remember the amount of people that died during the pandemic because of his lies? He should be charged for murder.
I would love to have seen a situation such as the one you have described during the Golden Age of CBS News with Edward R Morrow in the same position as George S.
I pay for this podcast because I love it! Still paying, but I have taken a break since the election. I’m going to listen to this one. I’ve been protecting my mental health. I selectively read.
What I call this is bullshit what ABC did was bullshit that’s spineless. They could’ve won that and I will not watch George Stephanopoulos anymore either.
Along with the “settlement”, George was to give an on-air apology. Suggestion: Both of his hands should be giving the finger under his desk as he’s apologizing on-air.
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Everyone knows exactly what to do with trump!!
Credibility or self respect be damned!!
They weren’t saying anything that wasn’t true, they just didn’t put up with the maga narrative.
They embarrassed trump. They picked on him.
They gambled and lost. $15m.
I’m a firm believer that they loathe the blackmailing FELON.
ABC is the ultimate deplorable now. They screwed every journalist on the planet:
https://bsky.app/profile/david-stone.bsky.social/post/3ldha5fiook2l
Is this a joke?
Everyone I've ever heard say, Donald doesn't read anything. 🤷♂️
How can we trust them now?
That's why.
WHY did GEORGE give in?? Did someone order him to give up a winning hand? Has anyone interviewed george?
From a business standpoint, it was probably easier to have it over with & (to them) $15million isn't much.
From a PR standpoint, in hindsight, maybe not so wise.
This is 1933 Berlin!
It’s gonna be a rough ride!
The US media is an entertainment entity who loves Trumps dirty underwear.
They need to keep thier leader happy. Thus, $15 million!