Megyn begins the show by discussing the massive media news about the ABC News paying Donald Trump $15 million and apologizing for George Stephanopoulos’ comments during a March 2024 interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), the defamation lawsuit at issue and whether Stephanopoulos really defamed Trump, the real reason ABC settled, and more.
Then, Emily Jashinsky, host of Undercurrents on UnHerd, and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon, join to talk about the shocking defamation settlement between ABC and Trump, the worst parts of the Stephanopoulos interview in question, what this could mean for other defamation lawsuits involving the corporate media, CNN and others calling out ABC News for “bending the knee” and settling with Trump, why Trump might start suing more media outlets that lied about him now, CNN backtracking over the possibility their viral Syrian prisoner report was staged, the possibility the were duped in a set-up, exclusive comments from Trump’s attorney about why ABC News settled the defamation suit, the latest developments in the Caitlin Clark story after her Time magazine “Athlete of the Year” selection, one WNBA owner’s bizarre suggestion that Time should have featured the entire league rather than just Clark, the federal government still claiming they don’t know what the ‘drone’ swarms on the East Coast are, their contention that there is nothing to worry about but refusing to say why, Trump saying it is time for the Biden administration to be honest with the American people, and more.