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FCC rejects complaints over ABC presidential debate, Harris appearances

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is rejecting complaints over an ABC-moderated September presidential debate and Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearances on CBS’ “60 Minutes” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Outgoing FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel also told Reuters the agency was rejecting a petition not to renew the […]

Politics

The Real Danger of ABC News Settling Its Lawsuit With Trump

Over the weekend, ABC News shocked the media establishment by agreeing to pay Donald Trump $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit that the president-elect filed against the network and its anchor George Stephanopoulos. On Monday, Trump announced that he plans to target another news outlet, this time, a much smaller, local newspaper: the Des […]

Politics

ABC Agrees To Give $15 Million To Donald Trump’s Presidential Library To Settle Defamation Lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. As part of the settlement made public Saturday, ABC News posted an […]

Politics

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

NEW YORK — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. As part of the settlement made public Saturday, ABC News posted an editor’s […]

World News

Donald Trump awarded $15m in ABC News defamation case

ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found “liable for rape”. George Stephanopoulos made the statements repeatedly during an interview on 10 March this year while challenging a congresswoman about her support for Trump. A […]

Politics

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Trump’s presidential library to settle lawsuit : NPR

President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the NCAA college football game between Army and Navy at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., on Saturday. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Scarbrough/AP NEW YORK — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit […]

Entertainment

ABC News Settles Defamation Suit From President Trump

ABC News will pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump and will release a statement of regret over the comments from Good Morning America and This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos that sparked the suit. That is according to a copy of the settlement, which was filed Saturday, and signed […]