Tag Archives: CBS News

CBS News President Resigns Amid Battle With Trump

The New York Times reports: CBS News faced another shock wave on Monday after its president, Wendy McMahon, abruptly said that she would exit her post, the latest development in an ongoing showdown between the news division and President Trump. Ms. McMahon, whose full title was president of CBS News and Stations, said in a memo that “it’s become clear the …

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ICE Raids Restaurant Owned By CBS Anchor’s Husband

The Daily Beast reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided multiple restaurants in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, including one owned by the husband of CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell. Chef Geoff’s, an American eatery founded by O’Donnell’s husband Geoff Tracy, had its Northwest D.C. location near American University raided by nearly a dozen ICE agents on Tuesday morning, according to …

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Paramount Moves to Settle Trump’s “60 Minutes” Suit

The New York Times reports: Lawyers for President Trump and Paramount, the parent of CBS News, are set to begin mediation on Wednesday over a lawsuit brought by Mr. Trump that accuses “60 Minutes” of deceptively editing an interview with his 2024 Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. Legal experts have called the suit baseless and an easy victory for CBS. But …

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Trump: FCC Should Revoke CBS’s Broadcast Licenses

Posted last night to Truth Social: I just finished watching 60 Minutes, the FAKE News Show that was scandalously responsible for REMOVING a terrible and incompetently delivered answer, by failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, to an interview on 60 Minutes, just prior to Election Day, and putting in its place a completely different answer to a completely different question, in …

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WSJ: Paramount May Settle Trump’s “60 Minutes” Suit

Investing.com reports: Paramount Global has been considering options to settle a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a CBS News interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, according a report from the Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit alleges that CBS News committed election interference by editing portions of the interview, favoring Harris’s presidential campaign. The media conglomerate, which owns …

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Incoming FCC Chair: I’ll Punish CBS On Trump’s Behalf

“You know, there’s a lot the FCC can do. Broadcasters are differently situated than other speakers. They get free access to a valuable public resource, the airwaves. And they’re licensed by the FCC. And the exchange for that is the extra the public interest. “I think it’s important that we take another look at that and we reinvigorate it. There’s …

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CBS News: No Fact-Checking At Walz/Vance Debate

The Associated Press reports: CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign’s third debate, says it will be up to the politicians — not the moderators — to check the facts of their opponents. The 90-minute debate, scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday in a Manhattan studio that once hosted the …

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CBS News Poll: Biden +23 Among Voters Under 30

The Hill reports: President Biden has a comfortable lead over former President Trump among voters younger than 30, according to a new poll. The CBS News/YouGov poll found 61 percent of likely voters younger than 30 surveyed support Biden while 38 percent support Trump. These voters are more likely to say abortion, climate change, and race and diversity issues would …

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CBS News Suspends Usage Of Its Twitter Accounts

TMZ reports: CBS has started what could be a devastating ripple effect on Twitter, hitting the pause button, indefinitely, on posting new tweets amid uncertainty under Elon Musk’s stewardship. The network’s news division, CBS News, announced Friday it’d be suspending all Twitter activity from its official profiles as it continues to monitor things. CBS News says it’s doing this out …

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New CBS Hire Mulvaney Attends Anti-Cheney Fundraiser

This is going just great: CBS’s newest contributor, former acting Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, attended a fundraiser Wednesday night for Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary opponent Harriet Hageman. CBS’s decision to hire Mulvaney raised eyebrows and sparked furor within the news organization as multiple journalists and CBS employees expressed their frustration with the move to the Washington Post. “I …

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LIVE VIDEO: Tenth Democratic Presidential Debate

CBS News reports: Seven Democratic presidential candidates have qualified for tonight’s debate in Charleston, South Carolina, hosted by CBS News. It’s the last opportunity candidates will have to make their pitch on a national stage before Saturday’s critical South Carolina primary election — and the last one before voters in 16 states and territories go to the polls on Super …

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Jeff Flake Joins CBS News, Won’t Run In 2020 [VIDEO]

From the Hollywood Reporter: Former Sen. Jeff Flake has landed as a CBS News contributor and announced on air on Tuesday that he will not run for president in 2020. Flake was spotted at the network’s New York City headquarters on Jan. 4 amid talks for a role, The Hollywood Reporter reported at the time. That role was formally announced …

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CBS News In Talks To Hire Former Sen. Jeff Flake

From the Hollywood Reporter: After retiring from the U.S. Senate last week, Jeff Flake is still looking for his “next thing.” It might just be at CBS News, which has engaged in talks with the Arizona Republican about a role at the network, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Flake, who emerged as one of President Trump’s biggest critics and might …

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CBS News Fires Charlie Rose Over Sex Allegations

From the Hollywood Reporter: Charlie Rose has been terminated by CBS News, network president David Rhodes announced Tuesday. The decision comes just one day after a Washington Post report detailing a pattern of coercion and harassment of women who worked – or aspired to work – on Rose’s eponymous nighttime talk show. On Monday Bloomberg and PBS, which distributed Rose’s …

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