US EditionTrump praises new CBS News chief during ’60 Minutes’ interview
Trump praised CBS News leadership and highlighted a $16 million settlement over a 2020 Kamala Harris interview in an unedited '60 Minutes' transcript released online.
- On Sunday, Donald Trump praised Bari Weiss and David Ellison during his '60 Minutes' interview with Norah O'Donnell, but key praise was edited out of the televised broadcast and published online.
- Trump sued CBS News last year alleging deceptive editing of a Kamala Harris interview, and Paramount settled the complaint for $16 million amid talks on an $8.4 billion merger.
- The extended, unaired material published online showed Trump boasting about extracting millions from '60 Minutes', with the interview recorded nearly 90 minutes but televised only 28 minutes.
- CBS staffers told The Independent omitting Trump’s settlement remarks was 'f***ing reckless' as Bill Owens, '60 Minutes' executive producer, resigned amid corporate interference claims.
- Amid newsroom upheaval at CBS News, reactions on X split between MAGA loyalists praising Trump and critics noting selective edits and a perceived rightward shift under David Ellison, while observers say Trump will likely return to '60 Minutes'.
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CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ second-guessed over Trump interview edits
CBS News program “60 Minutes” was second-guessed by Monday morning quarterbacks over the heavily edited interview with President Trump the network ran Sunday night. Journalist Norah O’Donnell sat down with the 47th president for nearly 74 minutes Friday to record an interview that ran for 28 minutes during primetime. Hoping to provide transparency, CBS posted a full transcript of the interview online, where an extended version of the discussion …
'60 Minutes' Scores Best Ratings Since Jan 6 Riot Thanks to New Trump Interview
60 Minutes enjoyed its highest-rated show in more than four years on Sunday, thanks to its new interview with President Donald Trump. The episode pulled in 13.2 million viewers, according to Axios, the first outlet to report the bombshell numbers on Tuesday, based on an early look at Nielsen data. And perhaps a bit ironically, that was the most viewers 60 Minutes scored since its Jan. 10, 2021 episode, which came just a few days after the Jan. 6…
Trump gushes over Bari Weiss and ‘60 Minutes’ payoff — but TV viewers didn’t see that
‘Why would you subject yourself to this type of criticism? Just put it in, because it’s the first thing that I was looking for,’ one CBS News insider said of the network’s decision to omit Trump’s settlement boast from the on-air broadcast
'This man is not well!' 'Dripping in sweat' Trump alarms in latest interview
As much as President Donald Trump demonizes the mainstream media, he loves the spotlight. And on Sunday night, Trump's interview with Norah O'Donnell for CBS News' "60 Minutes" was aired.The interview is generating a variety of reactions on X.Trump's MAGA loyalists are reflexively praising Trump's i...
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