Overview

• Paramount will pay $16 million to settle President Trump’s lawsuit alleging deceptive editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Vice President Harris.
• The deal does not include an apology and mandates that transcripts of future interviews with U.S. presidential candidates appear online.
• The agreement follows FCC scrutiny as Paramount seeks approval for its $8 billion Skydance Media merger.
• Democratic senators have labeled the payout a quid pro quo and called for federal and state anti-bribery investigations.
• Press freedom groups condemn the settlement as compromising editorial independence while CBS News staff express both relief and disgust.