The executive producer for CBS 60 Minutes has just resigned from the network amid the lawsuit filed by President Trump over their interview with Kamala Harris last year.
Bill Owens claims that he won’t be able to run the show the way he likes to do it and is now leaving:
The top producer of CBS News’ iconic Sunday broadcast “60 Minutes” announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving the network.In a memo to the program’s staff, Bill Owens — who had been at CBS News for 37 years — said that he had lost the ability to exercise independence over the direction of the show, appearing to criticize the impact that the second Trump administration has had on the long-running news program.
“Over the past months, it has also become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it,” Owens wrote in the memo, shared with POLITICO. “To make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience. So, having defended this show — and what we stand for — from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward.”
CBS has increasingly found itself at the center of President Donald Trump’s crusade against the media. “60 Minutes” has, in particular, been on the receiving end of criticism and Truth Social call outs by Trump, who launched a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the program for its interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
The network and free speech organizations have criticized Trump’s lawsuit — and a parallel investigation by the FCC — as chilling. Trump alleged the interview with Harris was deceptively edited, but the network has said it was “commonplace editorial practices.”
Owens reacted to the lawsuit in February, saying he wouldn’t issue an apology as part of a settlement with the Trump administration, according to The New York Times. CBS’ parent company, Paramount, tried to dismiss the lawsuit in March. The news of Owens departure was first reported by The New York Times.
Earlier this year we reported that CBS was considering a settlement with President Trump. Also the FCC demanded the unedited transcript of the interview, which they provided.
I think with all of this in play, Owens knows his time of manipulating stories to help Democrats is over and that’s why he’s leaving.
https://therightscoop.com/breaking-executive-producer-for-cbs-60-minutes-resigns-amid-trump-lawsuit/
