Legendary sportscaster Bob Costas slammed several media organizations for how they have dealt with President Donald Trump as he spoke at an event at Syracuse University on Monday night.

The former voice of baseball and the Olympics hit out at ABC News’ decision to settle with the president over George Stephanopoulos’ comments about the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit. Costas also needled Paramount over attempts to settle a "60 Minutes" lawsuit. He described the ABC News settlement and the reported Paramount offer as a "ransom."

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Costas said media companies make mistakes and have "blind spots and misplaced narratives," but he said he doesn't think anyone should make the jump to make the correction for Trump if it only benefits him, according to Mediaite.

"But if the answer to that is MAGA media, if the answer to that is Donald Trump’s view of the world, which is only through a prism of what benefits him, there are no higher ideals," Costas said. "There are no principles at work other than what benefits him. I’ll stay with where we are without correction if the correction is what Donald Trump represents.

"And what also has happened here is that, because he is the president, to a certain extent, who he is and what he does, and what is done in his name, has been normalized so that responsible journalists have to pretend that there’s always two sides to this. There really isn’t two sides to much of what Donald Trump represents."

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Costas suggested that networks didn’t need someone to defend Trump or the White House on issues in the name of objectivity or being balanced.

"Look, if someone is contending that the Earth is flat, in order to appear objective, you are not required to say, ‘Well, maybe it might be oblong.’ No, it’s not," he said. "Certain things are just true. And regrettably, something that’s true in America right now is that the president of the United States has absolutely no regard, and in fact has contempt, for basic American principles and basic common decency."

Costas received the Fred Dressler Leadership Award, which "is given to individuals or organizations that have made distinct, consistent and unique contributions to the public’s understanding of the media," according to the Newhouse School’s website.

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The brother of retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer was assigned Tuesday to preside over the lawsuit that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom brought against the Trump administration in California this week.

Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, is set to oversee the case, which alleges President Donald Trump deprived California of its sovereignty by federalizing thousands of National Guard soldiers in response to anti-immigration enforcement protests and riots in Los Angeles County.

Breyer is the younger brother of Stephen Breyer, who was appointed by Clinton to the high court and served on the bench for nearly three decades beginning in 1994. Stephen Breyer's retirement led to former President Joe Biden replacing him with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Charles Breyer, who serves on the federal bench in the Northern District of California, will oversee a lawsuit that pits Newsom, one of the country's most prominent Democrats and a possible 2028 presidential contender, against Trump.

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Newsom alleged in the lawsuit that Trump made an "unprecedented power grab" by mobilizing the National Guard in his state, a highly unusual move for a president to do without the consent of the governor.

Trump has said the move was necessary to protect ICE personnel and federal buildings as some protesters engaged in unlawful assembly and pelted law enforcement with concrete bottles and other hard objects.

After the National Guard proclamation, more unrest broke out in parts of the county involving rioters setting fire to several self-driving cars and looting some stores. Newsom alleged Trump's decision to send in the military spurred more chaos.

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Federal court cases in the Northern District of California are assigned by the Clerk of the Court "blindly and at random" through an automated system, according to the court's website.

Fox News Digital reached out to Charles Breyer's chambers for comment on his assignment.

The news of Charles Breyer presiding over the case comes as some Republicans have floated the theory that Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., secretly took on Trump cases to sabotage them in favor of plaintiffs.

Boasberg directly addressed the claims during a court hearing, saying his assignments, like most others in the court, were randomly assigned by a computer.