Re: Head of CBS News Is Forced Out Amid Tensions With Trump

Richard <[email protected]> Thu, 22 May 2025 16:11:24 +0200
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In <[email protected]> Leroy Soetoro wrote:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-
> wendy-mcmahon.html
>
> The president of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, was forced out of her post on
> Monday, the latest shock wave to hit the news division amid an ongoing
> showdown involving President Trump, “60 Minutes” and CBS’s parent company,
> Paramount.
>
> Ms. McMahon told her staff in a memo that “it’s become clear the company
> and I do not agree on the path forward.” Executives at Paramount informed
> Ms. McMahon on Saturday that they wanted her to step down, according to
> several people with direct knowledge who requested anonymity to share
> private discussions.

Those DEI black shows did you in, Wendy. 

> Paramount is in talks to settle a $20 billion lawsuit brought by Mr. Trump
> that accused “60 Minutes” of deceptively editing an interview with his
> Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. Many legal experts have called the
> suit baseless, but Paramount’s controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone,
> has said she favors settling the case. She is seeking federal approval for
> a multibillion-dollar sale of her company to a Hollywood studio, Skydance.

Go ahead, go to court with the advice of those "legal experts".  That $20 
billion could become $60 billion.