The PBS NewsHour was in full panic on Monday evening after ABC settled a defamation lawsuit by Donald Trump, offering scaremongering with this online headline: “ABC News settlement with Trump raises concerns about press freedom in his 2nd term.”
PBS’s guest, New York Times business investigations editor David Enrich, mourned ABC’s decision “sends a really chilling message.” Both PBS and Enrich hyped a “crackdown on unfavorable news coverage.”
Geoff Bennett: Mr. Trump also weighed in on a defamation lawsuit he settled with ABC News for $15 million. The suit followed an ABC segment earlier this year in which George Stephanopoulos said Mr. Trump had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. A New York jury found him liable for sexual abuse.
Amna Nawaz: The $15 million will be contributed to Trump’s future presidential…
