Disney CEO Bob Iger approved the settlement — acting on the recommendation of the company’s top lawyer, Horacio Gutierrez, Wall Street Journal said.

ABC News and George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle with President-elect Donald Trump in regards to his defamation suit against the news network.

The use of the word rape by ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos cost the network millions in a settlement with Donald Trump.

The “Good Morning America” host faced speculation about his future after the network settled the defamation lawsuit generated by his “rape” comment.

Legacy media feels it has the right to say whatever it wants, true and especially false, to ensure that nothing comes between it and its chosen narrative.

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos did not reference his network’s $15 million settlement with President-elect Donald Trump over comments he made on-air.

, Trump had no chance of winning the case because he would have to prove Stephanopoulos spoke with reckless disregard of the truth, a finding blocked by the presiding judge’s clarification of ‘rape.’ ABC’s decision to pay Trump and apologize nonetheless is

When Brian Ross, the ABC News journalist, made a mistake while reporting on Russian involvement in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he was quickly suspended by the network.

The news broadcaster and George Stephanopoulos will publicly apologize to Trump and donate $15 million to a future presidential foundation The post ABC News’ Trump Settlement ‘An Awful Precedent’ in ‘Bending the Knee,’ Media Pundits Say appeared first on TheWrap.

Longtime ABC News star George Stephanopoulos has reached a new deal that will keep him at ABC News and as an anchor on “Good Morning America” for the near term. The news should end speculation that the well-paid Stephanopolous was on his way out as the Disney-owned network,

On the eve of a jury trial in June 2017, Disney settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a beef company for a whopping $177 million. The case stemmed from a series of ABC News reports in 2012 fronted by star anchor Diane Sawyer that dubbed the processed meat “pink slime.