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Paramount’s Trump Settlement Worries CBS News Staffers, Who Fear Weakening of ‘60 Minutes’
Paramount Global's decision to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against '60 Minutes' and CBS News, worries staffers
Paramount Global’s decision overnight to pay $16 million to President Donald Trump to end what has been viewed in many legal circles as a flimsy lawsuit tied to a pre-Election Day interview between Bill Whitaker, a correspondent for the venerable newsmagazine, and former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has vexed supporters of the program and of journalism in general, who charge Paramount executives risk tarnishing a media brand that has long sought to hold power to account and to probe events with an independent lens. During the session, the executive made clear that the company would not apologize for any of the reporting done by “60 Minutes,” according to a person familiar with the meeting, and thanked all CBS News staffers for “blocking out the noise from the last few months.” There has been much speculation that the staff might choose to do so, and a letter sent by “60 Minutes” correspondents to Paramount co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins making a case for the company to push back more strongly against Trump has only heightened it.
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