CBS News veteran Scott Pelley sounded the alarm about the possiblity of Paramount Global reaching a settlement in the unprecedented lawsuit filed against the network and “60 Minutes” last year by President Donald Trump.

Pelley took part Saturday night in a roundtable discussion on journalism with CNN anchor and fellow “60 Minutes” correspondent Anderson Cooper that followed CNN’s live telecast of the Broadway play “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The play recounts the landmark moment in 1954 when CBS News legend Edward R. Murrow challenged the sleazy smear tactics of Sen. Joseph McCarthy at the height of the anti-Communist scare.

“The most important thing is to have the courage to speak, to not let fear permeate the country so that everyone suddenly becomes silent,” Pelley, who formerly

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