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Setting aside that basic video making someone seem smarter than they are (neither being measurable things) is not illegal, what exactly are the damages and how could they be quantified?

The plaintiff won the election and is the most powerful man on earth.

Then what is the purpose of Newsom’s lawsuit?

Then what is the purpose of Newsom’s lawsuit?

Catch me up on that. What is Newsom doing?

As noted, a settlement of $16M is mice nuts, for all parties involved.

I suspect the real reason, was to attempt to discredit CBS publicly and sow mistrust for mainstream media that is not Trump-friendly and/or conservative-friendly.  Which is pretty silly because anyone that is Trump-friendly already distrusts CBS, and anyone that is anti-Trump likely approves of CBS as much or more now, as a result.

Same thing possibly true in reverse for Newsome/Fox.

Ha, my go-to legal podcast just touched on Newsome. 

Basically feels like similar bullshit. The kind your supporters rally behind, your enemies decry and people sort of interested in the mechanics of law roll their eyes at. 

I wouldn’t rule out a Stephanopolos case, where it was similar bullshit but he messed up in the exact way that could trigger a technicality, but overall, that wouldn’t make it seem much better in my eyes. 

I suspect the real reason, was to attempt to discredit CBS publicly and sow mistrust for mainstream media that is not Trump-friendly and/or conservative-friendly.  Which is pretty silly because anyone that is Trump-friendly already distrusts CBS, and anyone that is anti-Trump likely approves of CBS as much or more now, as a result.

THIS!

I had a long discussion about this concept on here but I want to raise the point again in regard to this particular issue.  Note that NOBODY is actually going after "normies" here.  For the Trump supporters this is just more evidence of media bias but, as you pointed out, it isn't like they needed more evidence, anyone who isn't FAR left has known for decades that the non-FOX media leans left and uses their position to distort and influence in that direction.  

For the anti-Trump group this is just another crime by Trump (see @bayareabadger 's extortion allegation) but again, they didn't need this in the least since they already have their 34 felonies.  

As I see it, this whole dust up probably convinced literally zero people to switch sides.  It is just more fuel for the fire for both sides without actually influencing any reachable voters.  

THIS!

I had a long discussion about this concept on here but I want to raise the point again in regard to this particular issue.  Note that NOBODY is actually going after "normies" here.  For the Trump supporters this is just more evidence of media bias but, as you pointed out, it isn't like they needed more evidence, anyone who isn't FAR left has known for decades that the non-FOX media leans left and uses their position to distort and influence in that direction. 

For the anti-Trump group this is just another crime by Trump (see @bayareabadger 's extortion allegation) but again, they didn't need this in the least since they already have their 34 felonies. 

As I see it, this whole dust up probably convinced literally zero people to switch sides.  It is just more fuel for the fire for both sides without actually influencing any reachable voters. 

Media bias has nothing to do with Trump and now we know they purposely hid Joe’s mental decline - those darn cheap fakes!

It’s also a perverse and gross use of the legal system.

I'd be more open to being bothered by that if that same legal system hadn't been used to gin up ridiculous "crimes" to get felony convictions against Trump by having a prosecutor who was elected to get him bring charges in a VERY anti-Trump jurisdiction then charge him with crimes that wouldn't be crimes if committed by anyone else and try the case in front of an anti-Trump judge to anti-Trump jurors then pretend they were legitimate convictions.