After settling with Trump, CBS News staffers fear what comes next | CNN Business

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Paramount Global is being hammered for bowing to presidential pressure and settling a lawsuit that it likely could have beaten in court.

But this convoluted episode is really more about the plaintiff, President Trump, than about Paramount.

“It is odd to call this a ‘settlement’ when the result of it is so unsettling,” veteran journalism professor Al Tompkins remarked.

Employees at CBS News, which produces “60 Minutes,” feel the same way. “There is great fear about what comes next,” a CBS News staffer told CNN on condition of anonymity.

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