60 minutes The correspondent Scott Pelley counted tribute on Sunday to Bill Owens, the executing producer of the show, who resigned last week, and said in the air on Sunday that “none of us is happy” about the additional supervision that the company leader are impressive.
Pelley made his comments at the end of the CBS News Telecast of the evening and said that after stopping Owens showed that he was the right person for the job.
“It was difficult for him and it was difficult for us,” said Pelley. “But he did it for us – and you.”
His statement in the air was an unusual look behind the scenes in the kind of internal turbulence that the audience rarely has the opportunity to see.
Owens, only the third top leadership in the 57-year history of the most influential news program of television, stepped back last week and said he no longer had the feeling that he had independence to lead the program as in the past, and felt necessary.
The paramount of CBS News, Paramount Global, is located in the middle of a merger with SkyDance media that requires the approval of the Trump administration. Trump sued 60 minutes For 20 billion US dollars, we said that a Kamala Harris interview was wrongly edited to its advantage last autumn. Owens and others at 60 minutes Believe that you have not done anything wrong and have opposed a settlement.
As a result, Pelley explained to the spectators on Sunday that Paramount began to monitor 60 minutes Stories in a new way. Former CBS news president Susan Zirinsky, a long -standing news producer, was said to be asked to examine the stories of the show before they are broadcast.
“Independence, honest journalism requires”
“None of our stories have been blocked,” said Pelley. “But Bill thought 60 minutes all the time.”
Despite this, 60 minutes Has made hard stories about the Trump government almost every week since the inauguration in January, many of which have been reported by Pelley. On Sunday, 60 minutes Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the latest and interviewed scientists about cuts at the National Institute for Health.
Trump was particularly upset about the show of the show two weeks ago and said on social media that CBS News should “pay a large price” to pursue it.
