The Last Gasp of the Legacy Media
TownhallDEC 2024
ABC News Settles Trump Defamation Suit for $15M
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The Spin
Right narrative
This settlement smells more like a Trump victory, and ABC News is seemingly getting off easy considering all the slander Stephanopoulos threw Trump's way. Finally, the far-left propaganda machine that's been trying to derail Trump is being held to account. We can expect even more of these triumphs once he returns to the White House.
Left narrative
It's disappointing that ABC News would agree to settle this case considering its First Amendment protections and many media experts saying it had a strong chance of winning. But this is just the latest of many capitulations made by mainstream media outlets in an attempt to curry favor with the incoming administration — and another sign of the deterioration of US democracy.