Remember the scandal over the infamous CBS “60 Minutes” interview of Kamala Harris before the 2024 election that was edited so that they cut out a lot of her word salad in response to a question about the Israel-Hamas war?
It went from something that was basically incomprehensible to something that sounded a bit better, albeit was still pretty empty.
Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.
This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024
Then when people realized that it had been edited, CBS faced huge blowback, with people like former CBS journalist Catherine Herridge calling for the full transcript to be released. Others called for release of the full footage, to see if anything else may have been changed. But CBS refused, basically sticking a fork in whatever legitimacy they claimed to have as a news organization.
Now, CBS staffers are reportedly fuming that their parent company Paramount may settle with President Donald Trump in the $10 billion lawsuit he filed in the matter:
Journalists at the Tiffany Network’s news division are up in arms as Paramount chairwoman Shari Redstone green-lighted talks with the president’s representatives over a payout, the Status newsletter reported on Friday.
According to Status, both CBS News president Wendy McMahon and “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens don’t want to settle, claiming press freedom. The report alleged Redstone may want to settle because she wants Trump administration approval of a merger between Paramount and Skydance. But the report also said she is worried about bias at CBS. […]
— Read More: redstate.com
