60 Minutes on Executive Producer Bill Owens’s Resignation and Paramount’s Editorial Interference
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, in last night’s closing statement: “Stories we’ve pursued for 57 years are often controversial: lately, the Israel-Gaza war and the Trump administration. Bill made sure they were accurate and fair. He was tough that way.” “But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.” “No one here is happy about it. But in resigning, Bill proved one thing: He was the right person to lead ‘60 Minutes’ all along.” Every single executive at Paramount should be ashamed, starting at the top, with the loathsome and cowardly Shari Redstone. ★
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, in last night’s closing statement:
“Stories we’ve pursued for 57 years are often controversial: lately, the Israel-Gaza war and the Trump administration. Bill made sure they were accurate and fair. He was tough that way.”
“But our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”
“No one here is happy about it. But in resigning, Bill proved one thing: He was the right person to lead ‘60 Minutes’ all along.”
Every single executive at Paramount should be ashamed, starting at the top, with the loathsome and cowardly Shari Redstone.
