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Marc Elias criticizes CBS's soft interview with Trump, calling it "a classic example of obeying in advance... they knew what the new owners want." "CBS News started this journey by paying $16 million to settle a nonsensical, bogus lawsuit so that it could get a merger done. Now it...

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