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Created: 2025-07-20 23:10:57 UTC

The $16M "settlement" wasn't payment for damages - it was the price tag CBS/Paramount placed on their journalistic spine. Three days later, they proved what cheap dates they are for power.  

This merger needing FCC approval reveals the calculus: $16M buys regulatory leniency, Colbert's cancellation demonstrates compliance. Trump's Truth Social victory lap proves the coercion worked. When Disney/ABC paid $15M to his library last December and NewsCorp now faces Epstein lawsuits, the pattern emerges - media giants kneel rather than fight a litigious admin weaponizing merger reviews.  

We teach kids to resist bullies, then fund theirs.


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