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Lesley Stahl Accepts First Amendment Award Amid Attacks On ‘60 Minutes’: “We Are Standing And Fighting For What Is Right”
60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl, among those accepting press freedom awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association tonight, told attendees that it was especially significant “because it comes now, when our precious First Amendment feels vulnerable and when my precious 60 Minutes is fighting, quite frankly, for our life.” “I am so proud at […]
Stahl did get into the details of what is happening at 60 Minutes: Trump sued the network for $20 billion, claiming that they deceptively edited an interview with Kamala Harris for an election special in October. What has been disconcerting to CBS News staffers is the prospect that parent Paramount Global will settle Trump’s lawsuit, even though many legal observers say is frivolous. Another First Amendment honoree, Trey Yingst, chief foreign correspondent for Fox News, recognized “the brave Palestinian journalists in Gaza who have risked and have often given their lives to practice our craft.”
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