President-elect Trump recently launched a lawsuit against numerous mainstream news outlets, beginning to enact his promised retaliation against the media complex that has pushed hostile rhetoric against him for years. Suing outlets such as CBS, New York Times, and others, Trump accused them of “defaming and disparaging” him during their coverage of the election. As a result, Trump is seeking billions in damages.
Trump’s lawyers described the New York Times as “a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic party” that perpetuates “industrial-scale libel against political opponents.” The incoming president’s legal team further claimed that the outlet had “every intention of defaming and disparaging the world-renowned Trump brand that consumers have long associated with excellence, luxury, and success in entertainment, hospitality, and real estate, among many other industries, as well as falsely and maliciously defaming and disparaging him as a candidate for the highest office in the United States.” Continuing to sound off on the Times, the legal filing added, “There was a time, long ago, when the New York Times was considered the ‘newspaper of record. Those halcyon days have passed.”
The American Tribune previously reported that Trump was suing CBS for $10 billion, accusing “60 Minutes” of “deceptively” editing an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris before the election. During an interview with the show, the network substantially edited a word salad response from the vice president, making her seem far more coherent.
In Harris’ full answer in a promotional clip, she said, “The work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.” However, the edited version of her answer that appeared on the official broadcast, in which she said, “We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end.”
The Tribune also reported on the post-election collapse in media ratings, where Americans seem to have rejected the mainstream media. “This is out just a little while ago, the ratings for MSNBC,” commentator Sean Spicer said. “Morning Joe down 39.6, Andrea Mitchell down 39.7, Ari Melber down 49.6, Joy Reid down 54.6, all in the last week. Lawrence O’Donnell down 60.6, Stephanie Ruhle, the big winner, down 67 percent in ratings.” Spicer determined, “They lost the trust of the American people.”
He continued, “I mean, Chris Wallace, this morning announced that he’s leaving CNN to go to a platform. The thing is, you know, my view, I get, I’ve been asked, probably by about 10 to 12 reporters in the last 48 to 72 hours, how did we miss this again?” Spicer pointed out, “And I said we didn’t. You did. And I mean, and I say this respectfully, but I was just like, look, here are the guests that we’ve had on.”
Journalist Mark Halperin stated, “The very same executives and producers, anchors and correspondence and writers who covered and participated in the cover-up of the Biden decline, and then after the decline had to be exposed and acknowledged, never acknowledged their role in it. All those people are covering the Trump administration, they also covered the campaign. I don’t understand how they think that they can cover the Trump campaign fairly, or Trump administration fairly, or be seen as covering the Trump administration fairly.” He added, “If they don’t acknowledge their role in the conspiracy and their failure to acknowledge it…. just doesn’t make any sense to me.”
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