Posted on 06/10/2025 1:12:23 AM PDT by Libloather
“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley spoke out about President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS and its parent company on Saturday, arguing that a settlement would be “very damaging.”
“Well, it’d be very damaging to CBS, to Paramount, to the reputation of those companies,” Pelley said during a conversation with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Saturday, who asked how harmful a settlement and potential apology would be to the network.
Trump filed a lawsuit against Paramount Global, CBS News’ parent company, over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris in October 2024.
Fox News Digital confirmed that Trump rejected a $15 million offer to settle his lawsuit, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the president’s legal team is also demanding at least $25 million and an apology from CBS News.
Cooper, who is also a correspondent on “60 Minutes,” also asked Pelley about former show producer Bill Owens resigning from the program in April.
“Bill‘s decision to resign may not have been much of a decision for him because he was always the first person to defend the independence of ‘60 minutes.’ Bill didn‘t work for Paramount. Bill worked for our viewers, and he felt very keenly about that. And so I‘m not sure Bill had any choice, once the corporation began to meddle in Bill‘s decisions about the editorial content, or just place pressure in that area, Bill felt that he didn‘t have the independence that honest journalism requires,” Pelley said.
Pelley also said he wished he had the public backing of CBS News, but added that his work was still making it onto the program.
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Real Crack journalist, that Scott Pelley.
“the independence that honest journalism requires,” Pelley said..”
You’re killing me, Smalls.
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Bill worked for our viewers,.....what a joke!
“Damaging?
Umm… That’s the point, Scott.
Talk about being slow on the uptake.”
Exactly.
They live in a reinforcing bubble.
“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley“
I cannot stand that arrogant condescending POS “corespondent”.
The bubble is shrinking and oxygen levels are almost depleted.
This idiot doesn’t realize that it’s a done deal? They’re quiberring about the amount.
If they refuse to pay the discovery will be quite revealing.
This guy has been an Anti Trumper since 2016.
Trump has them tied in knots with the impending merger.
Not sure what the end game is, but I don’t trust Fox digital as a source for what Trump “might” settle for.
It may be team Trump thinks it’s an advantage to have them tied in knots.
Who knows their strategy may be just to let them twist in the wind and not settle until Trump is out of office.
Journalism without honesty and integrity is also “very damaging.”
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