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Posted on 05/20/2025 9:57:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sometimes the arguments could be heard well down the hall.
The topic was “60 Minutes,” and the tension was audible. CBS News chief Wendy McMahon was clashing with her bosses over upcoming stories on the newsmagazine — in part because President Trump’s legally dubious lawsuit against CBS meant that billions of dollars were at risk.
“Wendy was standing up for us,” a veteran CBS journalist said. “There’s a lot of fear about what happens with her gone now.”
McMahon stepped down on Monday, under pressure from CBS parent Paramount Global, intensifying the impression that CBS News is in distress due to Trump’s political pressure and other business factors.
While CBS journalists are doing their jobs and covering the Trump administration assertively, Paramount lawyers are trying to strike a settlement with Trump, perhaps believing that such a deal will help secure the administration’s approval of a pending merger.
With the Trump tug-of-war on everyone’s minds, getting and keeping “60 Minutes” on the air this spring was a week-by-week challenge, according to people at the network.
McMahon repeatedly defended the program in conversations with Paramount Global co-CEO George Cheeks, who himself was under pressure from controlling shareholder Shari Redstone.
While some of the internal battles have been previously reported, five sources who spoke with CNN on condition of anonymity said the fights were much more fraught than the viewing public realizes.
There was one hint about it on-air, last month, after “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens resigned, citing a loss of independence. “No one here is happy about it,” correspondent Scott Pelley said of the interference Owens had sensed.
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To think there were Freepers who actually believed the election of Trump 47 would shut down the MSM.
CBS lied against Trump and lied to help Harris.
What’s not to understand, CBS?
Really?
This-—is CNN.
Shut it down? Cmon. Render it irrelevant… 100%
THEIR JOBS???
THEY NEVER “COVERED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ASSERTIVELY”
I expect gynocentric feminist dominted media groups to say something exactly like this.
Too bad they didn't cover the FJB administration "assertively."
If it were dubious CBS would want a trial, they don't.
“watchdog” media
alternates between attack dog and lap dog
depending who is in power
telling the truth is never even considered
in part because CBS' slanted and deceitful coverage of Predident Trump meant that billions of dollars were at risk.
There. Fixed it.
Here's what happens, you all lose your jobs because your ratings are in the dumpster because viewers don't watch news for Leftist activism.
Kind of like how crabs try to help each other out of a pot of boiling water by dragging each other back into it.
Typical sloppy coverage of legal issues. “Legally dubious” isnt a term I’d use. The problem with his case is he has no damages. CBS will settle it to avoid embarrassment at trial and for political reasons, though, if no monetary damages are proven at trial, the result is a defense verdict
“They’re dropping like flies...”
Well, that’s what happens when you make Beelzebub, the lord of the flies, your leader.
I think the most important aspect of the cauldron of CBS is not that it turned against the American people and is suffering for it, but that for all practical purposes, no one is noticing. Outside of the swamp, does anyone really care that CBS News is no longer relevant? It will be missed as much as, well, K-Mart, or the evening newspaper, or the local orchestra playing in the park on Sunday.
Can’t wait til they settle the lawsuit to see what Trump does with the money.
No bias in the first sentence there!
I don’t recall a lot of posts voicing the opinion that Trump was going to shut any media company down.
But I agree with MrRelevant completely that his election has exposed them so fully as the frauds they are, that a lot of people who might otherwise continued on as they had before, are viewing media content as suspect or untrustworthy.
And THAT is a good thing.
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