Yeah…this isn’t corruption at all…

Unadulterated bribery. I'll go out on a limb here and guess that Trump will settle for the money and then claim "the 60 Minutes producer came to me, with tears in his eyes, saying he was sorry for what he did."

Love 60 Mins, but hate Paramount.

And that's another reason why I will never watch CNN again. By settling, they have given Satan Trump the satisfaction and permission to sue other news stations.

And it's just going to get lost in the mountain of corrupt bullshit.

The capitulation is tantamount to execution of the press. youtube.com/live/d0Bcwg3...

And if you did agree to Trump's threats now you w/be forever threatened by him & his political criminals and under his thumb. If Trump believes his threats work he will never stop. If you give in we will despise you & stop watching you for being the nail under his hammer.

Ugh, stand up to that BA bully! Shut him down - he thinks he’s a mob boss, but he’s a immature schoolyard bully.

Lessons trump learned from Victor Orban while the media was caught up in whether or Harris was doing enough interviews! I call #ABSOLUTEBS!

Or how about that ridiculous laugh? 🤬

They'll wear that orange shit stain well! Bend once, you'll be called on to bend again!

That's how I felt about the Meta settlement. Either bribery or perhaps extortion.

Don’t give I. To his bullshit. Why are people so scared of this fool? The American people are on the brink of losing everything and these billionaires who have everything in the world and will be fine are being pussies.

“But her editing” is the new “but her emails” It’s laughable.

Can we say bribery??

I'd say I'm shocked...but..I mean it's beyond that. I question my own sanity as I watch this whole sh!tshow. and it's only season 1🤔

Fitting for the banana republic the USA has become in a matter of two weeks.

Don't cave. It's not worth losing your integrity and reputation.

@paramountpictures.bsky.social Ummm- We hate fascists.

Why not bribe? The president hung the “we take bribes” shingle out on the White House fence.

Untouchables, 1987. Distributed by Paramount: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBSh...

If Paramount settles, I’m good with dropping their streaming and skipping any entertainment they produce or support. My small protest but I get to keep my $$.

$10 Million paid to Trump to get their merger with SkyDance approved. Yeah, that's a bribe.

As much as I’ll miss @startrek.bsky.social Strange New Worlds I’m cancelling my Paramount + subscription.

They should just take it to court But alas they will be cowards - because the merger is more important than integrity

It's pretty wild how rare integrity has become.

It’s a protection racket. If they do what he wants he won’t burn their shop down.

What’s funny about this- the buyer is Larry Ellison. Who was at the inauguration. Pretty sure this deal will get approved. Redstone should keep her dignity. Ellison will turn over the transcript when deal closes

Cancel my paramount subscription today. I hope actors and actresses walk off their shows

Someone has integrity ? Diamond in the rough !!

Well, of course, they will do the bribe because integrity does not matter, only increasing profits for share holders.

There’s no essentially about it.

He’s the definition of a Hore

If he/they do bend the knee, I will never watch any of their programs again!

If nothing else, they are claiming duress. That should be stated in the “settlement”

Redstone has always been a bloody used tampon.

It's the new normal - might be against shareholder interest for an exec to now NOT pursue bribes to this admin.

Actually, it is not bribery. Bribery entails one going to another and offering something of value to that other. Rather, this is extortion: It is the Trumpers saying: "You got a nice transaction here. It'd be a shame if something happened to it."

exactly 100%

Just increasing the odds!

Line item "regulatory expenses" documenting bribery might actually be an improvement going forward over the current "essentially bribery " model At least shareholders can evaluate where the money is going

The same motivation driving the all the big media conglomerates falling in lockstep behind the GOP over the last 45 years.

What the hell is a sovereign wealth fund that Trump signed as an executive order that Congress did not vote on and authorize?

Is Star Trek going to issue an apology and cut a check for portraying Melon Husk as a hero. From the fascist Star Trek timeline? Oh, maybe nobody explained that to him.

don't "bend the knee". each time will just make him worse. fight him at every turn, in every court, in every committee, every vote

Why hasn’t anybody challenged Citizens United on grounds that Corporations have no lifespan. It gave political “voice” to immortal entities

Of course you know this, but reporting was previously done about how Trump is using these lawsuits as a "legal" way to get settlement money from companies rather than take direct, explicitly illegal bribes. This will repeat over and over.

Take it to court let a jury decide- stop paying off the god-father

Why not give Trump a reality show? We can watch him say “You’re fired” 1 million times. His approval ratings will skyrocket.

So this is how america works now. We bribe the president to get what we.want

More bribes

I assume the people bribing aren't worried about jail. The best I can see is for currently ethical countries saying that any company that engages in such unethical behavior can no longer do business here. All they are concerned about is the numbers. Sadly, I don't see it happening.

Isn’t bribery a crime? I’m just so confused! I’m trying to figure out how us peons can operate in this country! Let me know how Paramount does, I’m sure the same laws apply to us too!!

Yeah, settling has so well for everyone else. I guess "values" have none.

Extortion

If a person gets $1b per trick, isn't that person still a whore?

I see rocks falling from the cave

Ya we'll see.

“That’s a nice merger agreement you got there. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.”

Why in the fuck would they pay a settlement or apologize for an interview with a candidate who is (checks notes) not the President of the US and where no one was harmed. Grow some fucking balls.

@gtconway.bsky.social how is it possible that Musk gives Trump hundreds of millions of dollars, buys twitter to spread lies & propaganda to get Trump elected, then Trump turns around & hands the guy a government department where he has everyone’s information & can close down any department he wants?

Why do others have to get congressional approval? Wtf is happening? Trump and musk are neo-nazis and want to be dictators and it’s happening😭

Greedy Shari.

Paramount sucks now.

Bribery? Sounds more like extortion.

If you all had given Bernie a chance we wouldn't have been here. This is republicans and Democrats fault. People on the left knew this was going to happen. Why didn't you all listen?

I'm on the left and I don't have to listen to Bernie. Stop with the finger pointing. There has been failure everywhere. People believed in the guardrails -- courts, political parties, elections being untampered. Fight on any front you can and make constructive suggestions.

Democrats doesn't realise how f... you are. You had the chance to save democracy in 2016. Democrats chose Hillary instead of Bernie who had a following like Trump has. Most Americans doesn't believe in Democrats just because of this and they have done nothing to save them or democracy since.

Can't be American with that grammar; study U.S. history. Repub assault on democracy has existed for decades. No guarantee Bernie would've won 2016. I'm Black & far left, but Bernie is often turn off to my coalition. Flawed framing: Repubs missed crucial chances to save democracy. Fixed it for you.

Fuck Bernie too

Wish I could read this, but paywall. So I guess I'm for paramount paying the orange god king. Democracy dies in darkness, and the big media companies are ok with that.

It's all about the greed for these corporations. Where are their morals and standards?

An apology is considered a sign of weakness by trump and gains nothing.

They need to grow a pair!

Insider trading

And NO ONE CARES that open bribery of the President is just now accepted table stakes in corporate America now

Really? Bob Bakish would have never surrendered like that! Or they just want this new merger to get approved?

Of course it's bribery, but Paramount isn't by any means the first to go this route. Settle the lawsuit, throw the journalist under the bus, make nice with the mob boss and pay your protection money.

Yah and Paramount isn’t big enough. They don’t have enough billions so they need to trade truth in for a few more billions.

If this means we will finally get a new Star Trek movie I might be okay with it. 😜🤓🖖

US big tech is officially a global security threat; these mammoth financial vacuums block responsible home grown alternatives. Starting today boycott X and Facebook (hopefully that’s why you’re here). Then boycott Amazon, Apple and Google to send Trump a message by choosing a local tech start up!

Most political bribery charges fail to convict because 1) the Republican Supreme Court has made it their mission to make bribes harder to prosecute and 2) it’s difficult to tie the payment directly to the action. I would like to thank Paramount for making 2) a non-issue

Well, the Supreme Court takes bribes itself.

Finally, journalistic integrity....Jesus Christ I was convinced it was dead.

@gtconway.bsky.social How do I sue for people having unauthorized access to my SSN? Genuine question

Expect more of this.

NYT sucks….Paywall.

It’s too late. They pay now or pay later. Paramount has let everyone know that the merger must happen and they are at the mercy of Trump. They turned over their cards and threw in the chips

All of this because Lina Khan was a mean lady who had the temerity of calling these people what they are

Omg

They just have to hold off the merger until dump leaves office. Shouldn't be too long...

After having Trump as a student this man quit teaching, sold everything he had and moved into a shack on the side of a mountain living like a hermit for the rest of his life....

The man reads at a 3rd grade level. I can imagine how hard it was for him. He must have felt like a failure.

It's also the reason why TMobile and Sprint merged.... Legere gave Trump a bunch of money to buy the ability to get that merger through. Nice to know that democracy has a price to people who want to make money without regards to future impact of society.

I hope a future administration prosecutes corporations for crimes not past the statute of limitations. At least he can't preemptively pardon them away.

If the case makes it to court, it will be dismissed immediately. Paramount is trying to merge with Skydance Media owned by David Ellison. David Ellison is the son of Larry Ellison, owner of Oracle and huge Trump supporter. Paramount doesn't have to do a damn thing.

I wish I shared your faith in the legal system

She’s right. Same with Disney and Facebook. By all counts their cases would’ve been dismissed. They’re bribing him. And if he’s going after 60 Minutes for how they edited the Harris interview then Harris, Biden, Clinton, Obama et al should sue Fox

Capitulating to extortion, more like.

Of course, it's bribery. Now that Elon has taken over the Treasury, how else can Trump get money?

Just canceled paramount plus.

60 minutes did nothing wrong. There's nothing to apologize for...but if they do they've set a dangerous precedent on what Trump will expect from others. Stand your ground Paramount. Don't be babies about this.

They pay - I cancel my Paramount + subscription.

He should "apologize". "Mr. Trump I'm sorry that your feeling were hurt by the facts and sorry that you are using the office of the president to make unreasonable demands of the press."

This is what happens when the 4th Estate is traded on Wall Street.

Where you been?

No capitulation to that grifter

Fuck trump and his bullshit

I was thinking it was more of a shakedown than bribery. Shakedown fits more with the criminals in this administration.

Well a grifter for Prezzie

When I was in-house, bribery was a big no-no

I’m so tired of everything being decided in our country over what corporation or billionaire can profit the most.

Antitrust law isn’t a sexy, high profile area of law but it’s fueling the fatcats’ parade to line up and kiss the ring. Amy Klobuchar (yes, the senator) wrote a terrific book on it.

This is legal bribery. I guess if you want to pay Trump off, 1) Insult him or do something he does not like, 2) Trump sues you, 3) You settle and pay a ridiculous amount to settle a claim you would never would have revealed in a court.

Stand your ground. Need Canada to help ? They stood up a tru... Caved

I always knew I was a better person than all these snobbish rich folk. No morality whatsoever. Shameful.

Time to boycott the Superbowl. At least you’ll feel better on Monday morning.

For sure not f*ing way will I watch

Happily skipping that as I did the entire season.

This is BS- the entire 60 Minutes staff should threaten to quit and start a new program elsewhere

put psychopaths in charge, and they do psychopaths things.

Unsubscribed. Permanently.

Hello hello ABC, Disney? They settled with trump for millions…. Not only filling his pockets but also his ego. #fuckingbossbabytrump #downwiththesickness

How is this anything other than bribery? And if it’s not, how is it not an impeachable offense?

Everyone else is openly bribing him, so why shouldn’t Paramount hop on the Trump graft train, too?

I canceled my subscription and deleted the apps

Well, the position includes being Corruptor-in-Chief, or did I mishear?

Then we can have DJT arrested under CA /NY law for soliciting a bribe or payment for the performance of a government act -

Don't cave like Disney

🙄🙄🙄🙄

Those billion dollar hookers are funny

I’m betting there’s a flip-flop in the future. And just like ABC they will sell their soul to their orange God.

Never enough money, eh?

Please write and talk about Elon Musk and Family ties with China and financial entanglements.

Why doesn’t someone try to kill this merger before the bribe is done? Obviously large media companies like Paramount cannot be trusted to uphold journalistic integrity by not cowing to a bully. So allowing this company to get bigger will make its news integrity worse.

Trump has no right to how an interview is edited. There is no need to apologize for doing a job the way it should be done.

Fuck Trump

I will never trust another 60 minutes story again if they accept this bribe. They will start a chain of bending to a bully that will end with the destruction of the free press. Someone has to start STANDING UP to him!

You're a lawyer, sue someone.

I AM BOYCOTTING PARAMOUNT AND PARAMOUNT PLUS!

I'm joining you. Spineless capitulation has NO place in a Democracy. You want to give up on America, then go to Russia, you freaking INGRATES! This country did so much for these corporations and look at how they SPIT on her. This is for YOU PARAMOUNT!!

Wild

Totally normal free media things.

I shall never watch ANY program on paramount

Are there any media companies left that have a spine? We have a criminal president who is dismantling our democracy and instead of holding him accountable,they keep settling lawsuits … because they fear him. It’s disgusting and cowardly.

Or “the official order of doing business” as it’s now called.

Redstone is the same person who wanted to give Tony Dokoupil, who acted unprofessionally toward author Ta-Nehisi Coates in a CBS Morning interview, a pass for his behavior. She publicly contradicted producers who sought to hold Dokoupil accountable, undermining their authority. Poor judgment.

Bribery openly requested in plain sight for all to see (and get ready)

Well, goodbye Paramount + !

Well so I regret that it will be necessary for me to cancel my Paramount+ account.

The list of people willing to show a spine to protect Democracy is small but growing, and Bill Owens has just joined their ranks. But not much public resistance to a settlement heard yet from high-profile CBS correspondents, including those on 60 Minutes. bsky.app/profile/sile...

So, it's still illegal if the bribery and ass kissing is before the merger is approved? Or was that law just SCOTUS theater?

Buh bye @paramountpictures.bsky.social

And people don’t this this is 1939 all over again. Wake the fuck up people. They are going after what is supposed to be a fair and free press.

Trump does seem to take bribes openly now via “lawsuits “

Media has to stand up and firm. If they don’t viewers need to boycott.

Turd's greed is bottomless. he is the UR extortionist.

You wonder if they will think to ask for a preemptive pardon.

I'll never use any paramount property

Stand the hell up.

If you give an inch they will take a mile

...right, cuz he has 'em by the short-hairs over their upcoming merger...

I recently cancelled Amazon Prime and was considering subscribing to Paramount, but upon reading this, I can live without Paramount as well.

The thread is growing . 😱

Jesus, Mary & the other guy! This is why we're in this mess. Everyone is only worried about their little part of the pie. That's what the felon exploits. That's what they all exploit & the rest of us get what "they" deserve.

Well they now risk their films being boycotted by half the country..... spineless ninnies

I’m beginning to think the mainstream media is more spineless than the dems are ineffective. Pretty soon the mainstream media will have angered all potential viewers and have nothing to show for caving. Oh but they may get there merger.

Apparently that's OK now.

Not ok but the easy way out when you are sucking up to a dictator

any chance they’re trying to lay the groundwork for a government jawboning* case? “we did it because he wants to extort us” is a wild thing to put in writing *or similar, not a lawyer but hopefully you get the idea

Let’s not kid ourselves about these people. It is always about money and never about truth or honor or respecting the law. So long as they can keep the yacht fueled up for their next trip, they don’t care.

This Sheri Redstone? Yeah, I bet she does approve. (2019)

People apologizing for greed. They don't care about their country or anyone else. Just their bank accounts.

It’s capture

Always about the money and power and control

Add this new bendover to the trump side. One more disappointment to the American people.

Well, I will be dumping them, too. Any organization that bends the knee is not getting my dollars.

I currently have Paramount+. That may change.

Because, of course, money is everything. Do these people have no long term vision?

what is the statute of limitations on bribery?

He thinks he's Al Capone

Paramount+ really sucks anyways.

Of course Trump is surrounded by corruption, he was the first time around, so we should expect worse this time.

SCOTUS said you can't sue the President because he shouldnt have to worry about being sued & DOJ says you can't indict a sitting President because he's too busy to deal with legal matters? Apparently, he's not too important or too busy to initiate law suits. He just can't be the defendant.

Or golf

Convict 47 continues to shake down big media companies. They should tell him “we do not negotiate with terrorists.”

As much as I love having access to all the Star Trek shows whenever I want, I would cancel my subscription over this.

I did cancel my subscription over this. I will miss Star Trek

I have been a Star Trek fan since 1966. It would break my heart—but there have to be consequences.

another corporation giving into Trump and paying up front... looks like Trump's "winning" without any pushback👎🏻

FOCUS ON THE FFOTUS BRIBES Impeachment AND Conviction in 2027 Paramount pending settlement Market manipulation, option trading, Meme coins Cabinet Nominees - Crass Patel and Linda McMahon sitting on board of shell company DJT received $850K in Jan 2025 for what? To Quid Pro Quo if confirmed.

Are we really pretending OG tech bro Larry Ellison isn't the one driving this car? We're handing him Paramount Global, and, with it, CBS & CBS News. He was an early supporter of Donald Trump. How Nazi are these actors & acts? There's a reason I've consistently said the assets are being "reassigned."

There were individuals who brought the direct threat these broligarchs pose to the press & various agencies & individuals in our government. The below op-ed was budgeted but not published by Variety/Penske Media Group, after it was confirmed Larry Ellison & Co were hiding content deemed unfavorable.

On broligarchs, Donald Trump & Brendan Carr: As the lead author of a report filed w/ various agencies & provided to many in government including Carr, I was asked to publish it to the public portal. To avoid FOIA requests? No. Turns out, filed 9/30/24, insiders were convinced it would be weaponized.

Can paramount shareholders bring a derivative action against management if this happens? Paying bribes is not in the long term interest of the corporation.

Once a mob boss, always a mob boss.