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What a merger, a settlement and a cancellation says about the future of the media under President Trump.

US television network CBS seemingly handed President Donald Trump two major victories this week after announcing that $16m would settle his lawsuit against 60 Minutes and cancelling the show of one of his fiercest critics, Stephen Colbert. But will this mark a turning point for media freedom in the United States?

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This episode was produced by Diana Ferrero, Sarí el-Khalili, Tracie Hunte and Tamara Khandaker, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Melanie Marich, Kisaa Zehra, Marya Khan and our guest host, Manuel Ràpalo. It was edited by Kylene Kiang. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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