CBS anchor claims Paramount settlement with Trump poses 'new obstacles' for journalists at the network

CBS News anchor John Dickerson lamented parent company Paramount's multi-million dollar settlement with President Donald Trump on Wednesday Paramount Global the parent company of CBS News settled a suit with President Trump this day Dickerson explained on CBS Evening News Plus a news plan on their streaming institution Journalists don t like to account on themselves Sometimes that s false humility Mostly it s a practical limitation Reporters try to find order in chaos Dickerson commented the settlement and ones like it hinder the press' ability to hold power to account The Paramount settlement poses a new obstacle Dickerson noted Can you hold power to account after paying it millions Can an audience trust you when it thinks you ve traded away that trust The audience will decide that our job is to show up to honor what we witness CBS SETTLEMENT WITH TRUMP SLAMMED BY JOURNALISTS COMMENTATORS AS 'APPALLING' SURRENDERFox News Digital has learned that the sum being paid to Trump could reach north of million with million being paid upfront for his future presidential library in addition to another allocation in the eight figures set aside for advertisements populace system announcements or other similar transmissions in advocacy of conservative causes by the configuration in the future Current Paramount management disputes the additional allocation and a source familiar with Paramount's current leadership notified Fox New Digital only million was sanctioned by the official mediator and they have no knowledge of any deal Trump made with incoming ownership as Paramount is set to merge with David Ellison s Skydance Media However Fox News Digital has learned that the incoming ownership will be responsible for the additional allocation During the CBS Evening News activity which airs on broadcast TV to a much-wider audience Dickerson had less to say about the settlement In the end Paramount decided to settle a suit it disclosed is without basis in law and fact and an affront to the First Amendment Dickerson announced quoting from a previous filing from Paramount ' MINUTES' CORRESPONDENT SCOTT PELLEY WARNS A CBS SETTLEMENT WITH TRUMP WOULD BE 'VERY DAMAGING'Trump initially sought billion in his lawsuit against CBS over its handling of a Minutes interview last year with then-Vice President Kamala Harris accusing the organization of electoral process interference leading up to the contest CBS is not acknowledging any journalistic wrongdoing with the settlement