PBS Fears ABC’s Trump Defamation Settlement: ‘A Really Chilling Message’

The online headline for the PBS News Hour segment on Monday evening on the surprise settlement by ABC News of a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump accusing the network of defamation offered up scaremongering and evasive reporting from both PBS hosts and guest regarding ABC settling a defamation lawsuit with incoming President Donald Trump: “ABC News settlement with Trump raises concerns about press freedom in his 2nd term.”

PBS’s guest, a New York Times reporter, hyped up ABC’s supposedly “strong case,” ABC’s decision sent a “really chilling message.”