The “60 -minute” executive manufacturer Bill Owens suddenly left on Tuesday, citing a loss of journalism independence as CBS parent company, Paramount Global, appears to be a lawsuit by President Trump.
“In recent months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was appropriate for ’60 minutes,” for the audience, “Owens wrote in a memorandum for the staff taken from the post.
He added: “So after defending this show – and what we look for – from every corner, over time with everything I could, I am setting aside so that the show can move forward.”
Inside the CBS halls, there is a whisper that Lesley Stahl, who has reported for “60 minutes” since 1991 “, is also likely to retire and finally retire.
Stahl, 83, had been in the center of Trump’s Ire after she interviewed her in 2020 and claimed that the story of the Hunter Biden laptop could not be verified. Trump has called for Stahl and the program to apologize, but his demands were ignored.
“People are terrified and the fact that Bill Owens is external means that no one is sure,” said suicide. “I think he was thrown before he was fired.”
Owens, 57, is expected to work by the end of the current “60 minutes” season, which is scheduled for May 18.
CBS News President Wendy McMahon told staff that Tanya Simon, executive editor and daughter of late “60 minutes” Bill Simon, will take over the temporary base after leaving Owens.
CBS insiders have been speculating for months that Owens, who is only the third person to run Sunday evening iconic magazine in its 57-year history, may be in the hot spot.
The post previously reported that the shareholder of control Paramount Shari Redstone, who is involved in the solution talks between Trump and her company, had been loud to love Owens abroad.
A “vibrant” red stone whose family stands about $ 1.75 billion if the $ 8 billion reunion with Skydance Media passes, supposedly pressing Owens to broadcast a unilateral January report in the Gaza War.
Trump, meanwhile, has filed a $ 20 billion lawsuit accusing the “illegal and illegal behavior” program of what he claims was the fraudulent editing of a “60 -minute” interview with the then President of Vice, Kamala Harris last October.
He has asked for a withdrawal and even suggested that the CBS transmission license be revoked.
“This is the results of Trump’s solution,” an interior CBS told the post. “He got his head.”
“He was driven,” the person speculated, remembering that Owens had eagerly told the employees: “I will not apologize.”
CBS on Tuesday filed a lawsuit about the “Seal Team” indicator.
At the beginning of this month, Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, has pledged to quickly pursue an investigation into CBS on the claimed political prejudices. Last month, Carr opposed an offer from CBS to dismiss the complaint against the network.
Carr did not respond immediately to comment requests.
An internal of CBS said that while Owens’s exit is a loss for the network, he has not had any victory in recent years.
Owens will also give up his role by overseeing “CBS Evening News”, which an interior claimed he has “ran to the ground” after replacing Norah O’Donnell’s anchor and resumed the show with co-coconut Jeff Dickerson and Maurice Dubois.
The show, which reopened in January, debuted with 5.2 million general viewers, but in recent weeks its gaze has plunged into a 3.7 million range.
“The version of the Owens I” CBS Evening News has failed “and” 60 minutes has become the headquarters of book and film releases, “the inner said.” It is not Mike Wallace’s investigative journalism home. “
The person said the program has also become a “mouth” for the left.
“Esoldo claims prejudice only one way and is always in favor of the Democrats,” the source added.
The president has intended on the Tiffany network – accusing him of setting a finger on the stairs for his defeated opponent, Harris.
“CBS is out of control, at levels has never been seen before, and they have to pay a big price for this,” Trump wrote on April 13 in a post on social media.
“Maybe Trump wanted a head, but he needs more than Owens to restore the CBS prejudice problem,” said an internal CBS second.
It is also unclear whether Trump would make any request as part of the legal solution that Owens would withdraw. Owens had previously refused to issue a pardon as part of any possible solution.
“President Trump is committed to keeping those who trafficking into fake news, fraud and lies on account. CBS and Paramount performs the worst type of electoral intervention and fraud in the days of closing the most important presidential elections in history,” said his lawyer Ed Paltzik.
“That the 60 -minute chief resigned the same week when the CBS resolved a great demand is further evidence of their reckless disrespect for the truth and the law.
Owens began his career at CBS as a summer trainee in 1988 and took over as “60 minutes” executive manufacturer in 2019.
He remained steadfast in his last note for staff.
“’60 minutes” will continue to cover the new administration, as we will report to future administrations, “he wrote.
“Showing is very important for the country. It must continue, not just with me as the executive manufacturer.”
McMahon praised the Owens in a separate memorandum.
“Standing behind what he stood for him was an easy decision for me, and I never took it as the good one he did to me,” she wrote.
It reaffirmed the network commitment to the mission of the show, saying that providing its integrity remains a major advantage.
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