CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar have reportedly been singled out, likely because both have done factual reporting on Trump, something that he has often complained about as “fake news.”
For instance, Burnett has reported on her program “Out Front” on the ways in which Trump and other Republicans have minimized the effect that tariffs have had on U.S. consumers. While Trump and company have argued that few costs have been passed on, that is simply not true.
Similarly, Keilar has reported on how Trump has spent much of his political career doling out vague promises of policy proposals to come—like health care—while failing to deliver anything concrete.
It was Paramount that paid off Trump with a $16 million settlement over a lawsuit that multiple legal experts said was without merit. Soon after, the administration approved Paramount’s merger with Skydance.
CBS News, which is owned by Paramount, followed up the payoff by installing conservative activist Bari Weiss as its editor-in-chief. Evidence of a rightward shift in CBS appeared during a recent interview on “60 Minutes” with Trump, who mocked the network for paying him off—a moment that CBS chose not to air.
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