Posted on 07/03/2025 9:11:50 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
The veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who interviewed Kamala Harris for the segment that triggered the just-settled lawsuit filed by President Trump against CBS News and its parent company reportedly grew emotional during a staff meeting held after the deal was announced.
Bill Whitaker, 73, appeared “teary-eyed” and “quite somber” during a tense Zoom meeting Wednesday morning as he addressed his “60 Minutes” colleagues in the wake of Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement with Trump, according to Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter.
Paramount Global, CBS’s corporate parent, agreed on Wednesday to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview that Whitaker conducted with Harris just before the 2024 presidential election.
Trump filed the suit claiming that CBS News deceptively edited the Harris interview in order to boost her chances of winning the election.
The settlement stipulates that the funds would be earmarked for his future presidential library with no money going directly to him.
The deal also includes no apology or admission of wrongdoing, but “60 Minutes” will now release transcripts of presidential candidate interviews after airing.
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What a candy ass...
MAN UP you WUSSY!!
Waaah!! My bias ended up helping President Trump! Wah! Waahh!!
Waaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!
Propagandist gonna propaganda
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
Why is he still working there today?
Then don’t lie and push your political agenda onto the US Citizens!🤬
16 million for election interference but had the tables been turned a conservative outlet would pay in the 100’s of millions
Relieved that he wasn’t going to prison?
Drama Queen
sorry he got caught
I read the whole of the ‘New York Post’ article.
All I can say is that communists are gonna commune.
did anyone get fired or demoted?
anything?
He’s not as embarrassed as Dan Rather.
Sometime I wonder why these non-admissions of guilt are so prevalent in these cases when it’s so obvious. Sometimes the people need a big kick in the groin in front of everybody to insure someone else doesn’t do it. Offering a face saving way out in return for the reported $16 million brings to mind the question of what an open court battle would have brought in.
How come they did not discuss the substance of the complaint, I.e. the deceptive editing in the team zoom call?
Liberals are claiming persecution. It is obvious to us, but not to them.
“Hate speech” is when you catch a leftist lying and dare speak about it.
If he was involved in the editing process he should face personal, professional, and financial consequences. “My God! She really is an imbecile. We can’t let that go to air.”
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