“60 minutes” chief told the staff of the show on Monday that he would not apologize as part of any possible settlement in President Trump’s case In contrast to their network, CBS, according to people who are knowledgeable of comments.
Comments from the Executive Manufacturer Bill Owen who monitored the ongoing news program came as Paramount of CBS Follow the settlement discussion With Mr. Trump. The President is complaining to the network to edit an interview with his rival, the Democratic candidate for President Kamala Harris. Many legal experts have described the case as far -reaching and baseless.
Mr. Oven said, “There was news about a disposal and/or apology in the media.” “The agency knows that I will not apologize for what we’ve done.”
Many paramount executives believe that a disposal Trump administration will approve the integration of $ millions with other agencies and the paramount controller Shari Redstone supports the effort.
However, this move caused a deep crisis inside CBS News and especially “60 minutes”, which broadcast the interview with Mrs. Harris in October. Journalists there believe that a disposal will be an extraordinary capitalization because the editing of Harris interviewed was in line with the practice of standard journalism.
In the prime-time version, Mrs. Harris appeared to answer a question, it was different from the response to the interview aired on the day before a question. CBS says that Mrs. Harris has given a long answer and chose to promote different parts at different times.
At a meeting on Monday, Midtown spoke to a number of correspondents at the “60 minute” office in Midtown Manhattan-Anderson Cooper, Lesley Stahl and Bill Whitaker co-other on-air journalists and crew members. Some traveled to New York for the event.
Mr Oven said that the CBS planned to send an uneducated transcript and camera feed to the Federal Communication Commission on Monday. A CBS spokesman said on Monday evening that the network provided the material. Agency, who led the Brendon Car, a Trump employer, Formally request Those materials from the network last week.
“Editing is completely okay; Let us put it in bed so that we can take our lives, “Mr. Ovens said about the transcript according to those who heard his comments.
Mr. Oven was asked whether the paramount would pay any money as part of the settlement, and he said it would be up to Mrs. Redstone. He said he had not talked about the possibility of any settlement with him.
A spokesperson of the paramount did not immediately respond to any request for the comment.
