Journalists, including some at CBS News, are expressing alarm at reports that CBS parent company Paramount Global is trying to settle a legally dubious lawsuit lodged by President Donald Trump last fall.

Trump sued the network over accusations they deceptively edited a segment featuring former Vice President Kamala Harris.

A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.

Paramount Global has been in detailed discussions with Donald Trump‘s team about settling his lawsuit against CBS over the way that a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris was edited last year, we can confirm.

The lawsuit claims that in airing two differently edited versions of Harris’ response to a question about the war in Gaza, “CBS used its national platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news.”

Paramount is considering settling a $10 billion lawsuit from Trump against CBS News over alleged deceptive editing of a segment featuring Kamala Harris. This move may help avoid blocking their merger with Skydance,

CBS's parent company Paramount is reportedly entering settlement discussions with representatives of President Donald Trump after he accused "60 Minutes" in a lawsuit of deceptively editing its interview with then Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.