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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent who interviewed Kamala Harris got ‘teary-eyed’ after Trump lawsuit settlement
© 2025 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved ^ | Published July 3, 2025, 9:10 a.m. ET | By Ariel Zilber

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: mediabias; trump; yummytears

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1 posted on 07/03/2025 9:11:50 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

What a candy ass...


2 posted on 07/03/2025 9:13:16 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

MAN UP you WUSSY!!


3 posted on 07/03/2025 9:14:04 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Waaah!! My bias ended up helping President Trump! Wah! Waahh!!
Waaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!


4 posted on 07/03/2025 9:14:37 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Hail Trump! Trump won! By a lot! )
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To: Ann Archy

Propagandist gonna propaganda


5 posted on 07/03/2025 9:15:02 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

6 posted on 07/03/2025 9:15:09 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻


7 posted on 07/03/2025 9:16:29 AM PDT by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Why is he still working there today?


8 posted on 07/03/2025 9:17:28 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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Then don’t lie and push your political agenda onto the US Citizens!🤬


9 posted on 07/03/2025 9:19:08 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

16 million for election interference but had the tables been turned a conservative outlet would pay in the 100’s of millions


10 posted on 07/03/2025 9:19:57 AM PDT by daku
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Relieved that he wasn’t going to prison?


11 posted on 07/03/2025 9:20:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Drama Queen


12 posted on 07/03/2025 9:21:13 AM PDT by butlerweave
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sorry he got caught


13 posted on 07/03/2025 9:24:29 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I read the whole of the ‘New York Post’ article.

All I can say is that communists are gonna commune.


14 posted on 07/03/2025 9:25:10 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star! ;-))
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To: bray

did anyone get fired or demoted?

anything?


15 posted on 07/03/2025 9:25:54 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: butlerweave

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.


16 posted on 07/03/2025 9:28:35 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

How come they did not discuss the substance of the complaint, I.e. the deceptive editing in the team zoom call?


17 posted on 07/03/2025 9:31:56 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Liberals are claiming persecution. It is obvious to us, but not to them.


18 posted on 07/03/2025 9:32:36 AM PDT by nwrep
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“Hate speech” is when you catch a leftist lying and dare speak about it.


19 posted on 07/03/2025 9:35:42 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

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.”


20 posted on 07/03/2025 9:52:42 AM PDT by katana
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