President-elect Donald Trump secured a $15 million payment from ABC News — and a note of regret — over the weekend as part of the settlement of a defamation lawsuit he brought against the network.
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David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.