CBS May Bend The Knee To Trump

Months ago, Donald Trump filed a frivolous lawsuit against CBS where he claimed that 60 Minutes edited their interview with Kamala Harris.

The Wall Street Journal reported:

Paramount Global executives have held internal discussions about settling a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to people familiar with the situation, a sign of larger efforts to dial down tensions with the incoming president.

Paramount, owner of CBS, its namesake studio and several cable channels, has a major piece of business in front of the new administration: its planned merger with Skydance Media. It’s become clear to executives at both companies that Trump’s dissatisfaction with CBS News will make the review tougher than they anticipated, and that they’ll likely need to offer concessions to win approval, people familiar with the situation said.

Incoming Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr gave Paramount executives a warning to that effect at a reception late last year following the taping of the Kennedy Center honors in Washington, according to people familiar with the exchange, and he has echoed the message in public remarks.

Essentially, the incoming administration is trying to shake down Paramount by promising to make the review of their merger difficult unless they grease the wheels and give Trump a win in his frivolous lawsuit against CBS News.

It is sad that the former home of Murrow, Cronkite, and Rather would even consider bending the knee to Trump.

No American broadcast network has a news legacy like that of CBS News, and it could all be forever tarnished if the corporate ownership decides to bend the knee to Trump.

The American people are watching the mainstream media give up its power and censor itself. That is what Trump wants. Donald Trump doesn’t have to do anything to end press freedom in the country. Corporate and billionaire owners of media outlets are doing the dirty work for him.

The mainstream press has an agenda to please Trump. If this is the case, they should be viewed as an unreliable source for truth and information.

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Democrats Aren’t Buying Into Trump’s Outrage

It was a pattern that repeated itself over and over again. Trump, first as a candidate and then as a president, said outrageous things that fueled the media, which drove Democrats and the American people to engage. It was an endless circle that had nothing to do with Trump’s agenda. A source of constraint distraction that left the American people fatigued and wanted to get off an interminable ride of chaos.

Since Trump has very few plays in his playbook, he tried to start the chaos machine again. This time, he was going to take Greenland and make Canada a state.

The reaction was different this time.

The late-night hosts made their jokes, and cable news tried to make Trump’s statements into a thing. The outrage mongers on social media tried to whip a fury for clicks and eyeballs, but it quickly puttered out.

The main reason is that Democrats didn’t play along.

It is impossible to distract the country if half the nation won’t allow itself to be distracted.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) explained how the Democrats have changed strategies, “People in 2017 were deeply uncertain about what a Trump presidency would mean and wanted to raise their voices to try to influence them,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) explained to HuffPost. “This time, Trump and his tight band of billionaires have made pretty clear what the fights will be, and that’s less about protests in the streets and more about the hard, inch-by-inch fighting over tax policy and environmental regulations and building permits.”

What Warren is talking about is the ability of Democrats to turn Trump’s presidency into a legislative slog. Protests in the streets are important, but they won’t slow Trump’s agenda in the same way that Democratic Senators using every tool in their toolbox can grind the Senate to a halt.

What Trump says isn’t important at all. This is a man who, as president, told tens of thousands of lies.

Trump’s actions will impact lives, and his ability to quickly take many of those actions is fertile ground that Democrats can win on.

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Imagine being a rich person who wants to buy access to an incoming presidential administration that is definitely up for sale. Dumping some well placed millions into Trump’s inaugural fund is the perfect place to do it. You’re told that you’re millions of dollars will get you access to the president-elect’s inauguration, and then days before the event, The New York Times reports:

Mr. Trump said many of the people who have been streaming into Washington to watch the festivities can gather to watch inaugural events at the 20,000-seat Capital One Arena, which is several blocks from the National Mall, and that he would join them there afterward.

That is likely a bitter pill to swallow for some major donors, who paid top dollar to come to the swearing-in and witness it in person. Trump officials received calls from donors on Friday asking for help getting access. The Rotunda only seats about 600 people, according to a spokesperson for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Trump is planning on stopping by the arena as part of the inaugural parade, but this is definitely not what those wannabe oligarchs paid for.

The excuse being given is that many of the attendees to Trump’s inauguration are older, so even though the temperature will be cold, but not deadly, the ceremony was moved inside.

A more honest reason could be that one of the old people attending the event, a president-elect who is pushing 80 years old, has demonstrated decreased energy and won’t release his health records.

In my opinion, the older person they might be trying to protect by moving inside is Donald Trump.

It may seem like those who wish to be oligarchs are unimpeded in their attempt to seize governmental power, but at least in terms of the inauguration, Mother Nature delivered a bit of karma.

What do you think of the wealthy donors getting their access denied? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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