Liberals unload on ABC's settlement with Trump, defend George Stephanopoulos: 'Knee bent, ring kissed'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : But given the timing, he is on a roll and a roll, that is really unsettling in terms of public confidence in the criminal justice system and media confidence, and who is left after the media to tell the truth, that he will come after them, make their lives miserable, and it has been successful so far," Litman added.
36% : Stephanopoulos and ABC News also had to issue statements of "regret" as an editor's note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024, online article, about comments made earlier this year that prompted Trump to file the defamation lawsuit.
33% : Norm Eisen, a legal analyst on CNN, wrote that "George Stephanopoulos did not libel Trump -- & I very much doubt George wanted to settle.
28% : But I do worry about the effect this could have on others and the chilling effect it might have on people who otherwise would be critical of Donald Trump," MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade said during a discussion about the defamation settlement on Saturday.ABC News and Stephanopoulos reached a settlement with Trump in his defamation suit on Saturday, which resulted in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million.
26% : When George Stephanopoulos said Trump "raped" E. Jean Carroll, he was using the word colloquially.
20% : Trump was found liable of sexually assaulting her," USA Today opinion columnist wrote on Bluesky.
17% : Of course, a vigorous free press is essential to any administration, even more so in one where Donald Trump has vowed to go after his enemy," McQuade said.
10% : They are all falling to Donald Trump.

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