'60 Minutes' producer defiant as CBS parent company mulls settling Trump lawsuit: 'I will not apologize'

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The executive producer of "60 Minutes" remains defiant and CBS News' 
parent company mulls settling a lawsuit waged by President Donald Trump. 

Bill Owens, who has led the long-running program since 2019, took a tough 
stance against Trump during a Monday staff meeting, according to The New 
York Times.

"There have been reports in the media about a settlement and/or apology," 
Owens reportedly said. "The company knows I will not apologize for 
anything we have done."

CBS News is approaching a deadline set by Trump's Federal Communication 
Commission chairman Brendan Carr to hand over the transcript of the Kamala 
Harris "60 Minutes" interview at the center of the controversy. 

"The edit is perfectly fine; let’s put that to bed so we can get on with 
our lives," Owens said regarding the transcript, per the Times.

CBS News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for 
comment. 

TRUMP COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF LEGAL VICTORY AGAINST CBS AS SETTLEMENT 
SPECULATION HEATS UP

In October, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News alleging 
election interference over its handling of the "60 Minutes" interview with 
Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the network of aiding his 
Democratic rival through deceptive editing just days before the election. 

The lawsuit stems from an exchange Harris had with "60 Minutes" 
correspondent Bill Whitaker. In a preview clip that aired on "Face the 
Nation," Harris was asked why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the U.S. 

"Well, Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of 
movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a 
result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in 
the region," Harris responded in the "Face the Nation" clip. 

Harris was mocked by conservatives for offering a lengthy "word salad" to 
Whitaker. But when that same question aired the following night in the 
primetime election special, a shorter, more focused answer from the vice 
president followed.

"We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States 
to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end," Harris 
said in the primetime special. 

Critics accused CBS News of editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield 
the vice president from further backlash, and there were calls for the 
network to release the full transcript after it only shared transcripts of 
what had aired. 

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS URGES CBS NEWS TO ‘STAND TALL’ AS NETWORK REPORTEDLY 
CONSIDERS SETTLING TRUMP LAWSUIT

"To paper over Kamala’s ‘word salad’ weakness, CBS used its national 
platform on 60 Minutes to cross the line from the exercise of judgment in 
reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news," the lawsuit 
stated.

Trump attorneys argued the edits were done in an effort to "attempt to tip 
the scales in favor of the Democratic Party as the heated 2024 
Presidential Election — which President Trump is leading — approaches its 
conclusion."

"CBS’ partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference 
through malicious, deceptive, and substantial news distortion calculated 
to confuse, deceive, and mislead the public," the lawsuit read. 

CBS parent company Paramount Global is reportedly considering settling the 
suit ahead of a planned merger with Skydance Media in hopes of preventing 
potential retribution by Trump's FCC, which has the authority to halt the 
multibillion-dollar transaction. Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling 
shareholder, is reportedly in favor of settling with the president. 

Rumors of a settlement comes just weeks after ABC News settled its 
defamation lawsuit filed by Trump, resulting in giving him $15 million and 
a written apology, followed by a $25 million settlement by Meta. 


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November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump.  We look 
forward to America being great again.

The disease known as Kamala Harris has been effectively treated and 
eradicated.

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that 
stupid people won't be offended.

Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem.  It has none.

Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden 
fiasco, President Trump.  

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the 
The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood 
queer liberal democrat donors.