seriously I still can't phantom that guy is America's president whaaatttttt theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee error404 In America it doesnt matter who or what u are u can still become president, pedo nazi? YOU CAN BECOME PRESIDENT TWICE!!!! And yall call yourself a democracy xD corrupt to the bone. Go strike or smthing

recentSlinky@lemmy.ca · 89 pts · 282d (8 replies)

Didn't they get sued (by trump) and settle over doing this with the Harris interview? Can't the precedent be used against them for doing it again to win another lawsuit against them very easily? Or couldn't they use that precedent against trump to force the full interview as well?

I don't know much about US law but this seems very legally sketchy to me. I guess kissing ass takes over the law in these cases.

MrSmiley@lemmy.zip · 49 pts · 282d

In social contract theory, we are moving from the rule of law to the arbitrary rule of a noxious beast.

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 282d

This is how newsome should spend his money, suing CBS because of the cut interview.

gloog@fedia.io · 15 pts · 281d (1 reply)

No, because the settlement was a bribe, not a decision that CBS made because they were concerned about losing the lawsuit. The owners were trying to complete a merger that required governmental approval and decided that paying that settlement would be better than getting the merger blocked.

bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 281d

In what way is that quid pro quo illegal?

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 282d

Trump is the law now.

running_ragged@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 282d

I don’t know for sure, but I imagine settling out of court, specifically avoids setting a precedent. Which in this case means if they want to run it, they’d not have the precedent to protect them, but also have to choose settling, or paying to fight an overtly partisan court system right up to the supreme court.

They’ve capitulated enough for us to know that was never going to be N option.

No network is going to do more to draw the attention of the administration, than allow late night hosts to make jokes about him, and even that isn’t going to last much longer I expect.

AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 281d

IANAL but my elementary understanding is that, no, a settlement results in no ruling from the court, and therefore no precedent is set.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 281d

And then a conservative company bought Paramount. They can't call him out anymore.

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 282d (4 replies)

Isn't CBS owned by Larry Ellison, run by Bari Weiss?

It should be boycotted.

regedit@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 281d (3 replies)

I would protest Larry Ellison harder if he sold anything but lies and techno-feudalism. I'm at peak boycott already!

Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 281d (2 replies)

LMAO peak boycott, fr I wanna boycott spotify but idk how else to listen to my fav podcasts... smh im looking at other options still

regedit@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 281d

I use Deezer but even that is owned by some Russian oligarch. At this point, you'd have to make your own app to avoid any of these parasites!

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 281d

Pod.link has a pretty big selection.

Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 281d

MSM is a total joke at this point.

el_twitto@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 282d

60 Minutes has become pussy lapdogs.

Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 281d

Those Nazis are murdering innocent Americans without due process. How can that be? Why isn’t anyone standing up, helping, resisting, even throwing paint or helping people escape? And those so-called “peaceful” protests? Your own president literally said he “shits on you” it’s all over that video and still people think peaceful protests will fix anything? America honestly makes me physically sick right now.