Article in The Guardian by Anna Betts, 7/3/25
Headline: “Former CBS anchor slams Paramount settlement with Trump: ‘It was a sellout’ “
Subhead: “Dan Rather laments ‘sad day for journalism’ after company settles for $16m over 60 Minutes Kamala Harris interview”
“A former CBS News anchor and 60 minutes correspondent, Dan Rather, has blasted the $16m settlement between Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, and Donald Trump, calling it a ‘sad day for journalism’.
“ ‘It’s a sad day for 60 Minutes and CBS News,’ Rather, a veteran journalist who was a CBS News anchor for over 20 years, told Variety in an interview published on Wednesday. ‘I hope people will read the details of this and understand what it was. It was distortion by the president and a kneeling down and saying, “yes, sir,” by billionaire corporate owners.’ . . .”
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/03/dan-rather-cbs-paramount-settlement-trump
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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Kyle Paolettam 7/2/25
Headline: “Paramount Will Pay President Trump $16 Million to Settle 60 Minutes Lawsuit”
Subhead: ” ‘It is a dark day for independent journalism,’ says Sen. Bernie Sanders.”
“Late last night, Paramount, the corporate parent of CBS News, agreed to pay Donald Trump $16 million to settle the president’s lawsuit over the network’s editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 election. This agreement comes six months after ABC paid $15 million to Trump’s foundation to end his suit over how George Stephanopoulos characterized the president’s sexual assault of E. Jean Carroll. Taken together, these settlements represent a troubling compromise of editorial independence for two of the standard-bearers of American broadcast journalism. . .”
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