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from. The new York Times, it's the Headlines.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
Today's Monday, December 16th.
Here's what we're covering.
Donald Trump and his allies have been issuing a flurry of legal threats,
apparently aimed at intimidating news outlets over their coverage of the president elect
and of his proposed cabinet members.
This October, Trump sued CBS News over how it edited a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.
Just before Election Day, a lawyer for Trump accused the New York Times of publishing three articles that were,
quote, deceptive and demanded a retraction and an apology.
The bar for public figures to win defamation cases in the US Is extremely high,
but even filing or just threatening to file a suit can pay off.
This Saturday,
ABC News said it had agreed to settle a defamation suit
that Trump brought after one of its anchors inaccurately said Trump was held liable for rape in a civil trial.
In fact, he was found liable for sexual abuse.
The settlement followed months of Trump publicly attacking ABC News,
going so far as to suggest it should lose its federal broadcast license.
Some legal and media experts now wonder
if the settlement could embolden Trump and others to intensify their assaults on the media even more.