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CBS News in Turmoil Over ‘Perfect Storm’ of ‘60 Minutes’ and Redstone Pressure to Settle With Trump
The Wrap ^ | April 23, 2025 | Brian Lowry and Sean Burch

Posted on 04/23/2025 7:30:48 PM PDT by Red Badger

Paramount’s pending Skydance merger and Trump’s “60 Minutes” lawsuit have created turmoil at a news division that’s already weathered plenty of changes

The exit of “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens in the face of Trump administration pressure has roiled CBS News and alarmed journalists, fueling speculation about where the organization goes from here, especially if there are further concessions to clear the path to parent Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance Media.

Although she refused to discuss the specific situation at “60 Minutes,” Paramount Chairman Shari Redstone didn’t help matters Tuesday night, when she told TheWrap at an event in New York that freedom of the press involves “telling both sides of the story, giving the facts, not giving opinions.

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1 posted on 04/23/2025 7:30:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
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“ when she told TheWrap at an event in New York that freedom of the press involves “telling both sides of the story, giving the facts, not giving opinions.”

CBS would burst into flames if they did that.

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2 posted on 04/23/2025 7:32:31 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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A line-up only slightly less repulsive than The View.


3 posted on 04/23/2025 7:34:30 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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buncha lefty ******s


4 posted on 04/23/2025 8:20:37 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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What a congress of a-holes. The room probably reeked of imbecility and unfounded self-righteousness


5 posted on 04/23/2025 8:39:29 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Red Badger
The exit of “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens in the face of Trump administration pressure

This seems inaccurate.

6 posted on 04/23/2025 8:57:14 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Everyone that voted Trump/R in '24 needs to show up in '26.)
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Not sure I can pick an actual ‘reporter’ out of that lineup.

I wonder how much the USAID money cutoff is wrinkling the carpet under their feet.

Since about 2009 has there even been a legitimate 60 minutes reported news story that wasn’t a CIA staged mockingbird fabrication.


7 posted on 04/23/2025 9:24:54 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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#5: "The room probably reeked of imbecility and unfounded self-righteousness"

All very true! But don't forget the lingering scent of stale urine, silent farts, and halitosis.

8 posted on 04/24/2025 12:28:42 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Red Badger

I haven’t watched “60 minutes” since 1969, when they falsely edited a segment interviewing my boss at the time. They actually played his answer to a question properly, but then re-shot the question after the interview was over in such a way that it made his answer appear to mean the opposite of what he intended.

I have never watched the show since then. I did watch the most of an interview they did with Rush Limbaugh once, but since he had a far larger audience than they had, they didn’t dare try to falsify it.


9 posted on 04/24/2025 5:06:52 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Freud: projection is a defense mechanism of those struggling with inferiority complexes)
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Basically what they did with the Harris interview. Cut and paste is much easier now than 1969.........


10 posted on 04/24/2025 5:10:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy”


11 posted on 04/24/2025 6:18:19 AM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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