Paramount Agrees to pay Trump $16 million in CBS 60 Minutes lawsuit

[Marener]

You sure don't understand what doctors do. Please show me the law that states a doctor has to provide information to every patient about every option for every procedure.

You keep trying to divert the topic into unrelated matters. The laws about medical negligence and malpractice are complicated. The laws are on state and federal levels. Here's the relevant law for Florida. Before undergoing any procedure, a doctor has to provide informed consent which includes explaining the risks, benefits and alternatives for the procedure.

Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine

www.leg.state.fl.us

And I have never forgotten that CBS has a first amendment right. It's you who can't stomach that ethical violations are suable. Now go take a nap, grandpa. Your brain sorely needs more oxygen.

You use a lot of weasel words. I don't know what you mean by "suable". People can sue for almost aany reason they want. Saying something is "suable" is pretty meaningless. The question is whether the lawsuit has any legal basis. Does CBS face any liability for making editorial decisions about how to edit the interview. It doesn't. You can't sue someone for engaging in protected speech. CBS was engaging in protected speech. Editing is part of speech. You tried to get around this by claiming some bullshit idea about "election interference" without really explaining what you meant, because you're totally off the reservation with that. When Citizens United produced a film about Hillary Clinton, they were trying to influence the election. SCOTUS said they have a first amendment right to do so.

 

[Marener]

Trump's lawsuit did not violate CBS's rights according the the court that allowed the lawsuit to proceed.

I don;t want to talk about it because it's a complete red herring.

Trump was asking the court to violate CBS's rights.

The first amendment is not a "red herring", it's absolutely fundamental to the case.

 

[Marener]

And you aren't?... give me a break...

Nope. When I use words, I try to make sure they mean something.

 

[WEATHER53]

Trump was asking the court to violate CBS's rights.

The first amendment is not a "red herring", it's absolutely fundamental to the case.

So the courts violated CBSs right to alter and manipulate an interview ??

 

[Marener]

So the courts violated CBSs right to alter and manipulate an interview ??

The court never got to rule on it, but since it was before Judge Kacsmaryk in Texas, no doubt he would have done everything possible to ignore the constitution, law and precedent to find a way to rule in favor of Trump.

CBS has a first amendment right to edit the interview. That will never change no matter how many of you hacks try to ignore that.

 

[WEATHER53]

The court never got to rule on it, but since it was before Judge Kacsmaryk in Texas, no doubt he would have done everything possible to ignore the constitution, law and precedent to find a way to rule in favor of Trump.

CBS has a first amendment right to edit the interview. That will never change no matter how many of you hacks try to ignore that.

Well see us ***** are aligned with CBS executives decision despite your total brain deadness declaring their choice is mistaken

Edited 6pm

 

[buckeye]

You keep trying to divert the topic into unrelated matters. The laws about medical negligence and malpractice are complicated. The laws are on state and federal levels. Here's the relevant law for Florida. Before undergoing any procedure, a doctor has to provide informed consent which includes explaining the risks, benefits and alternatives for the procedure.

Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine

www.leg.state.fl.us

You use a lot of weasel words. I don't know what you mean by "suable". People can sue for almost aany reason they want. Saying something is "suable" is pretty meaningless. The question is whether the lawsuit has any legal basis. Does CBS face any liability for making editorial decisions about how to edit the interview. It doesn't. You can't sue someone for engaging in protected speech. CBS was engaging in protected speech. Editing is part of speech. You tried to get around this by claiming some bullshit idea about "election interference" without really explaining what you meant, because you're totally off the reservation with that. When Citizens United produced a film about Hillary Clinton, they were trying to influence the election. SCOTUS said they have a first amendment right to do so.

No, pal, you show me the exact law that says a doc has to tell every single patient about every single option for every single procedure. Informed consent is not the same thing.

And where was the informed consent from the Biden mandate that we all lose our jobs if we don't get jabbed from an experimental agent making Big Pharma billions of dollars????

CBS suffers from a lack of ethics and that's why they were sued and settled.

Ethical violations are suable. That's a fact you're incapable of grasping.
Done with you on this. You're like a cult guy repeating the same baloney while ignoring what doesn't suit you.

BTW, here's your word of the day:

Definition of SUABLE

liable to be sued in court… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Marener]

We’ll see us ***** are aligned with the courts ruling despite your total brain deadness declaring the court is mistaken

There was no court ruling. You ***** don’t give a shit about the constitution anymore.

 

[Marener]

No, pal, you show me the exact law that says a doc has to tell every single patient about every single option for every single procedure.

Why? All I claimed is that they had to provide the standard of care. They have to provide informed consent, which includes risks, benefits and alternatives. I provided the Florida law that says so.

CBS suffers from a lack of ethics and that's why they were sued and settled.

That's your opinion as to what happened. The far more likely explanation is that it would have been far more costly to CBS to fight the lawsuit and deal with the persecution from the Trump administration.

Ethical violations are suable. That's a fact you're incapable of grasping.

Not exactly. You can do lots of unethical things, but you're not suable for all of them. That's not a fact at all.

It's unethical for RFK Jr to spread disinformation about COVID and vaccines, but he has a first amendment right to do so and is not suable.

Lots of unethical behavior is covered by the first amendment. The first amendment protects us from lawsuits that seek to control our speech.

 

[buckeye]

Why? All I claimed is that they had to provide the standard of care.

Then show me the standard of care that says every doctor has to tell every patient about every option for every procedure. You're the one arguing that it's all about legalities. This must be written somewhere.......

You can do lots of unethical things, but you're not suable for all of them. That's not a fact at all.

I didn't say ALL ethical violations are suable. It doesn't have to be a legal violation. This just won't sink into your brick head.

 

[Marener]

Then show me the standard of care that says every doctor has to tell every patient about every option for every procedure. You're the one arguing that it's all about legalities. This must be written somewhere.......

Didn’t you see the link I provided

I didn't say ALL ethical violations are suable. It doesn't have to be a legal violation. This just won't sink into your brick head.

This is just a really stupid word came.

Stop thinking about ethical violations and all that nonsense. You’re stuck on this. It’s not even relevant to the topic. It’s a red herring.

CBS can edit the interview to suit their purposes. That’s their first amendment right. You can’t sue someone engaging in protected speech. There’s no obligation for them to be fair or impartial or even truthful as long as they’re not committing defamation, and they aren’t.

 

[buckeye]

Didn’t you see the link I provided

I did but it did not say every doctor has to explain every option for every procedure to every patient

Stop thinking about ethical violations and all that nonsense. You’re stuck on this. It’s not even relevant to the topic. It’s a red herring.

Why would I do that? CBS's problem is their opinions have outweighed their ethics. That's the essence of the lawsuit Trump filed that goes flying over your partisan head.

This is just a really stupid word came.

It is and you started it by telling me that some ethical violations are not suable after I told you that ethical violations are suable. Blah, blah, blah.

You entire style of posting is about stupid word games. See ya, grandpa.

 

[Rambunctious]

Nope. When I use words, I try to make sure they mean something.

 

[Marener]

I did but it did not say every doctor has to explain every option for every procedure to every patient

It is the legal standard doctors have to follow. If they don’t follow it, they can be sued.

Why would I do that? CBS's problem is their opinions have outweighed their ethics. That's the essence of the lawsuit Trump filed that goes flying over your partisan head.

I don’t think you actually read the lawsuit. Did you?

It is and you started it by telling me that some ethical violations are not suable after I told you that ethical violations are suable. Blah, blah, blah.

You entire style of posting is about stupid word games. See ya, grandpa.

Saying it’s an ethical violation is neither necessary or sufficient to whether the lawsuit has any legal basis. It’s something you’re obsessed with even though it’s meaningless.

 

[Seymour Flops]

True. But that does not necessarily reflect the validity of the case against CBS. But more likely the extent to which Trump can punish them through the authority he has as president of the United States.

Really?

CBS would lie about whether it libeled Trump out of fear of his authority as President of the United States?

So, not only does CBS not speak truth to power, it lies if power tells it to.

Will CBS continue to be a trusted news source for you?

 

[Marener]

Really?

CBS would lie about whether it libeled Trump out of fear of his authority as President of the United States?

So, not only does CBS not speak truth to power, it lies if power tells it to.

Will CBS continue to be a trusted news source for you?

Trump wasn’t libeled. If anything, Trump libeled CBS.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Trump wasn’t libeled. If anything, Trump libeled CBS.

But CBS is paying off a libel suit to Trump, not the other way around.

So, will you continue to trust CBS as a news source?

 

[egp320i]

I'm not sure a judge did.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/02/media/cbs-trump-60-minutes-paramount-settlement

"Paramount settles Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit with $16 million payout and no apology"

They settled. In other words, they paid the $16 million instead of having Trump on their back about the merger.

"CBS News parent Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve an extraordinary lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” news report last fall."

I don't know, apparently they settled out of court and did not want it go to court where maybe trump gets a larger payout? I am sure the lawyers at paramount made the call

 

[Marener]

But CBS is paying off a libel suit to Trump, not the other way around.

So, will you continue to trust CBS as a news source?

It’s not a libel suit.

Dude, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

 

[drudge X]

The saddest part is even with heavy editing, she cannot get rid of that word salad baggage.