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ABC News’ Sudden Surrender to Trump’s Rage Stuns Experts: “Disturbing”

ABC News’ Sudden Surrender to Trump’s Rage Stuns Experts: “Disturbing”

Update: 2024-12-16
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ABC News has abruptly agreed to a $15 million settlement with Donald Trump in his lawsuit against the network. Coming after Trump raged at ABC throughout the campaign, some observers see this as a sign of broader capitulation to him. Indeed, it comes as Trump openly boasted that he’s “tamed” the media. We talked to The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc., who explains why this outcome has “really disturbing” implications, how Trump is conditioning Americans to accept authoritarian rule, and what the prognosis is going forward. It’s not great. 

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ABC News’ Sudden Surrender to Trump’s Rage Stuns Experts: “Disturbing”

ABC News’ Sudden Surrender to Trump’s Rage Stuns Experts: “Disturbing”

Greg Sargent