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.”

It has become clear that Trump's dissatisfaction with CBS News is proving to be a major hurdle, and Paramount will likely need to pony up concessions to win approval for its merger with Skydance, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Paramount is considering a settlement in a lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump over a pre-election 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that contained an edited response.

President-elect Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News for alleged "deceptive conduct" may end up with him raking in a significant sum of cash in exchange for the incoming administration green-lighting a proposed merger.