#CBSNews execs rebuked #TonyDokoupil on a newsroom-wide call, saying his interview fell short of editorial standards. #ShariRedstone said that move was “a mistake” & that #Dokoupil “did a great job with that interview.”

[he did not. It was ugly.]
#CBS #Paramount #60Minutes #Skydance
#ethics #journalism #democracy #FourthEstate #law #censorship #propaganda #AmericanAutocracy

WendyMcMahon’s tenure atop #CBSNews, which she took over in Aug 2023, has been rocky at times

…#ShariRedstone openly criticized McMahon’s handling of an Oct incident involving the “CBS Mornings” anchor #TonyDokoupil, who in an interview had challenged the author #TaNehisiCoates’s views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

#CBS #Paramount #60Minutes #Skydance
#ethics #journalism #democracy #FourthEstate #law #censorship #propaganda #AmericanAutocracy

#Paramount is in talks to settle a $20B lawsuit brought by #Trump that accused #60Minutes of *deceptively* editing an interview last year with his Democratic opponent, #KamalaHarris. Many #legal experts have called the suit baseless, but Paramount’s controlling shareholder, #ShariRedstone, has said she favors settling the case. She is seeking the Trump admin’s approval for a multibillion-dollar sale of her company to a Hollywood studio, #Skydance.

#WendyMcMahon, whose full title was president of #CBSNews & Stations, said in a memo that “it’s become clear the company & I do not agree on the path forward.”

Tensions between Ms. McMahon & #CBS’s parent company, #Paramount, have simmered for months, a period that Ms. McMahon described in her memo as “challenging.”

#ethics #journalism #democracy #FourthEstate #law #censorship #propaganda #AmericanAutocracy
#60Minutes #ShariRedstone #Skydance

#Capitulation #Appeasement #Disgrace
Lawyers for #Trump & #Paramount, the parent company of #CBSNews, are set to begin mediation on Wednesday over a lawsuit brought by Trump that accuses “#60Minutes” of *deceptively* [accurately] editing an interview with his 2024 Democratic opponent, #KamalaHarris.

#law #journalism #ethics #FourthEstate #BillOwens #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #democracy #autocracy #dictatorship #censorship #StateMedia #propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/business/media/paramount-cbs-60-minutes-trump-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=4F0A1033-7C72-43C9-B834-781E1210163C

#Legal experts have dismissed that suit as baseless & far-fetched [ya don’t say], & #BillOwens said in Feb that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement. Many #journalists at #CBSNews — the former home of #WalterCronkite & #MikeWallace — believe that a settlement would amount to a #capitulation to #Trump over what they consider standard-issue gripes about editorial judgment.

“So, having defended this show—& what we stand for—from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward,” #BillOwens wrote in the memo, which was obtained by NYT.

“#60Minutes” has faced mounting pressure in recent months from both #Trump, who sued #CBS for $10B & has accused the program of “unlawful & illegal behavior,” & its own #corporate owner at #Paramount, the parent company of #CBSNews.