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On the recordJuly 2, 2025
The decision by the Redstone family, the major owners of Paramount, to settle a bogus lawsuit with President Trump over a 60 Minutes report he did not like is an extremely dangerous precedent in terms of both the First Amendment and government extortion.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders criticizes the settlement between Paramount and Trump, calling it a dangerous precedent for media freedom.

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