Trump vows to pursue more defamation claims after ABC News settlement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "TARGETING LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR JOURNALISTSAny lawsuits by Trump would still face steep hurdles in court because U.S. law has some of the strongest protections in the world for news coverage of public figures.
43% : "It costs a lot of money to do it, but we have to straighten out the press," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
42% : "There is some serious concern that the erosion of legal protections could lead to less aggressive news coverage," said Syracuse University communications professor Roy Gutterman.
42% : Trump has said this legal standard should be changed, and some U.S. Supreme Court justices have expressed willingness to reexamine the precedent.
38% : Trump is appealing the jury verdict in that case and a judge's ruling in a related lawsuit brought by Carroll.
33% : That order only concerned several initial legal questions and did not mean Trump would have ultimately won.
32% : Some legal experts say Trump's comments and legal actions risk chilling news coverage of the incoming administration even if legal protections for journalists are for now robust.
24% : In the ABC lawsuit, some legal experts said the network could have prevailed because Stephanopoulos' comments appeared to be an innocent mistake and not the type of reckless disregard that Trump would have to prove.
19% : Trump said of the poll, "it was a fraud and it was election interference.
19% : Trump claimed on Monday that "60 Minutes" participated in "fraud and election interference.
15% : On Monday Trump also mentioned his lawsuit against CBS News over an interview with Harris that aired on its "60 Minutes" news program in October.
14% : Even if lawsuits by Trump were to fail, they could create headaches for news organizations by publicly revealing potentially embarrassing internal communications and exposing journalists and executives to depositions.
13% : In his remarks to reporters on Monday, Trump threatened to sue the Des Moines Register over a poll the paper oversaw, which showed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump in Iowa shortly before Election Day.
12% : Trump considers suing social media influencers for defamation*Trump has already sued ABC News, which settled, and CBS News*Legal experts warn of chilling effect on news coverage*Lawsuits by Trump would still face steep hurdles in courtBy Helen Coster and Jack QueenNEW YORK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday stepped up his legal threats against news outlets and said he would also consider suing social media influencers and others for defamation, two days after ABC News agreed to settle a lawsuit with him.
8% : Stephanopoulos said Trump was found liable for rape, but a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse.
4% : The comments involved the civil cases brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her at a New York department store in the 1990s.

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