Trump Escalates War on Press by Suing Des Moines Register Days After ABC Agreed to $15M Settlement

We speak with _The Nation_'s Chris Lehmann about President-elect Donald Trump's escalating attacks on the press and how major media figures and institutions are "capitulating preemptively" to the pressure. ABC News recently settled a defamation suit brought by Trump by making a $15 million donation to his future presidential library, despite experts saying the case was easily winnable. Trump is also suing _The Des Moines Register_ for publishing a poll before the election that showed him losing to Vice President Kamala Harris. "What's happening is a very clear pattern in Trump's public life," says Lehmann. "This is a show of power."

[DemocracyNow]

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[erinmcbride]

Jesus Christ abc this is your fault!! What a bunch of cowards!!!

[causa]

The mSm ignores the genocide in occupied territories. 😢

[pamelajudithrwanyarare]

America is like reading a Margaret Atwood novel.

[lowhydrogena]

Nobody takes this yo-yo seriously
The media needs to stop lying

[Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard]

Trump: "Elections are corrupt." Also Trump: "I won the 2024 election." Ergo:

[matthewmartinez]

The press said trump was a Russian operative do they still hold that view?

[andrewcoyle]

anyone who is not alarmed by Kash Patels position in the FBi knows needs to do some research into the creation of the many fascist regimes of the 20th century. Patel wants to be Trumps Cheka.

[OfficialYouTubeModerator]

Wow, Democracy Now, not you guys too! This story itself is manipulative. How sad.😰

[papilloni]

Russia Russia Russia. No laptop. Suck it.

[ArleeStarr]

tRump; "Costs a lot of money to do it, but I have to do it. I'll make it back next year when I loot the treasury, again." LOL

[kalvinshow]

Lol, i remember when you guys were journalists. Now you're so consumed with Trump that you can't be unbiased.

[cecebarnes]

Woke news . Use to be more objective reporting even though very left wing.
No longer.

[jedd]

ABC is the press? Learn something new everyday.

[ericerven]

Convicted felon suing with no basis for litigation- how sad !!!

[Pacman]

Sad to see so many MAGA goofs in this comment section

[jqwibsz]

Mainstream media outlets have CEO's if anyone is wondering .

[MIGHTCORE.]

lawyer up because you're an actual legit news channel and they might see you as a threat. you're educating the youth (me) and i spread the word. ill watch the bibi files

[t.damianboyle]

Germany, 1933, redux. King Don (the Elder) channeling AH.

[pbj-dkbm]

This is laughable. Are you sure it's not Biden's fault?