Ring-Kissing, Lawsuits and a Looming Shutdown

1276.929 - 1307.88 Michael Barbaro

And there's this concept emerging, a fear within the media that some major media companies are beginning to engage in something that has been dubbed anticipatory obedience. And it's in that context that we get ABC News making a pretty consequential decision to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump which seemed to many to be a capitulation to Trump's efforts to intimidate the news media.