Trump Aims to Put CBS News Out of Business

This article originally appeared on m o d e r n i t y and was republished with permission.

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Following CBS’ being forced to release the full, unedited 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris from before the election, President Trump has doubled his lawsuit damages figure from $10 billion to $20 billion, charging that the network edited the footage to make Harris appear more coherent.

Trump believes the newly released footage, overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, is even more damaging and proves that CBS was attempting to interfere with the election.

They tried their but they still couldn’t make her seem like a capable candidate.

Trump added several more points to his lawsuit, also claiming that CBS engaged in unfair competition, alleging that the deceptively edited Harris interview diverted traffic and viewership away from his own media company, Trump Media and Technology Group, which includes Truth Social.

“As an owner of a significant interest in a media enterprise in competition with Defendants, President Trump was damaged by Defendants’ false advertising of the Interview and Election Special,” Trump’s attorneys wrote in the new complaint, filed in federal court in Amarillo, TX.

“As a direct and proximate result of Defendants’ misconduct, significant viewership was improperly diverted to Defendants’ media platforms, resulting in lower consumer engagement, advertising revenues, and profits by TMTG and President Trump’s other media holdings,” the lawsuit further notes.

Trump’s attorneys added, “The damages suffered by President Trump stem in substantial part from consumers’ withholding of trade by reduced engagement with content distributed by Truth Social and President Trump’s other media holdings, and was exacerbated by increased expenses associated with clarifying the true nature of the Interview and its content.”

Trump clearly wants to see nothing less than bankruptcy for the fake news outlet.

Holy Hell, that’s going to bankrupt them! 🤣🤣🤣

— BruceX 🇺🇸 (@realBruceBallou) February 9, 2025

Double trouble.

I would double it too! It wasn’t just bad it was very bad.

— Amber Nickolea 💃🩷💃 (@Nickolea24) February 9, 2025

Actions must have consequences.

It was straight up election interference by a news organization who had to remain neutral.

I’m glad he’s coming for everyone who tried to take him down.

— Valentina Gomez (@ValentinaForUSA) February 9, 2025

Set a precedent.

In my opinion, people should be prosecuted for it.

It’s BLATANT election interference.

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 9, 2025

Set an example.

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 9, 2025

CBS has moved to dismiss the case, claiming it represents an effort to punish them for editorial judgments, which are protected under the First Amendment. The network is also arguing that Trump’s lawsuit is nothing more than “generalized grievance.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper, among others, has argued that punishing a news outlet for deceptive editing would set a bad precedent and even Trump supporters should be against it.

Of course he would say that wouldn’t he. Fake news is OK when they do it!

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