OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
2:47 PM – Wednesday, January 8, 2025
a few weeks later ABC News Co-host Mika Brzezinski said the top anchor had settled a lawsuit with President-elect Donald Trump after the top anchor made false and defamatory claims about Trump as a “rapist.” MSNBCof””morning joe' He hurried to correct a guest who irresponsibly made a similar claim on the program.
On Wednesday's Left Network show, Scott Galloway, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, said voters chose Trump over Kamala Harris when he falsely labeled Trump a rapist. They were discussing economic factors.
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“We are in the midst of a series of mini-revolutions to correct income inequality. And the reason we installed an insurrectionist and a rapist as president is that for the first time in the history of this country, a 30-year-old man or woman “They're not doing as well as their parents,” Galloway said.
As the conversation drew to a close, Brzezinski immediately interrupted on a serious legal note to reveal: MSNBC They did not approve or condone the guest's “rapist” claims.
“I would like to comment on the language used in this interview. Donald Trump went to civil trial and was found to be defamatory of sexual abuse, not rape…” Brzezinski told viewers.
After that, Brzezinski suddenly took a hiatus from commercial activities.
She subsequently issued a correction ABC News Last month, the company agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit over similar false statements made by George Stephanopoulos, co-anchor and host of “The Hollywood Reporter.''this week”
On March 10thth Stephanopoulos, who was forced to apologize as part of the settlement, said in an interview that Trump was found “responsible for rape” by a liberal New York jury while questioning a lawmaker about his support for the Republican candidate. He repeatedly claimed that.
Reporters also claimed that a “stubborn” Stephanopoulos repeatedly ignored repeated warnings from producers not to use the word “rape.”
Meanwhile, national news networks are receiving a stern warning from President Trump's Federal Communications Commission leadership nominee over apparent bias in their coverage of the president-elect.
“Americans no longer trust the national news media to report completely, accurately, and fairly,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a statement.
Social media users were quick to react to Galloway's comments. MSNBC.
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