Michael Goodwin: Why big leftist TV anchors biting the dust is a gain...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Because they were standard-issue Democrats in disguise, their fall from grace is something to cheer as Trump begins his second term.
47% : Network bosses fully supported O'Donnell's snide, scolding tones of all things Republican -- until she was moved out of the anchor chair days after Trump took office.
42% : Yet here we are, with Trump in the White House, settlement talks underway and his new head of the FCC demanding the same transcript and footage of the Harris interview.
39% : As a result, the nonstop barrage against him from Acosta and others is proving to be a dead end with viewers, most of whom, even those who didn't vote for Trump, desperately want to see America succeed at a time of national and international turmoil.
35% : But we can at least be hopeful that the networks will move closer to where they should be, even if it's only because they fear Trump and want to protect the bottom line.
34% : Despite calls to explain the discrepancy, network officials stonewalled by refusing to release full video footage and transcript, which is why Trump sued even though success was a longshot.
32% : They told viewers how to think about everything and created narratives that reinforced their prejudices, especially when it involved Donald Trump.
30% : They and their corporate owners desperately want to avoid confrontations with Trump and his administration because that could be very, very bad for business.
29% : In some cases, that means settling lawsuits Trump brought against them about their coverage.
26% : For eight years, all stories involving him ended the same way: Trump is bad, wrong and often evil.
26% : Concerns about the merger almost certainly explain why CBS suddenly entered into settlement talks with Trump about a lawsuit he filed against "60 Minutes" over how it handled a campaign interview with Harris.
23% : He had falsely claimed repeatedly that Trump was found liable for rape in a New York civil case.
15% : ABC recently settled a defamation suit Trump filed by admitting error and paying $16 million to him for his legal fees and a presidential library.

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