On Tuesday, The Gateway Pundit reported that Paramount and CBS agreed to a settlement which will pay millions of dollars to President Trump as well as alter its editorial policy.
President Trump filed a $20 billion lawsuit against the network’s parent company Paramount for deceptively editing a ’60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris conducted by Bill Whitaker.
The suit alleged that CBS News deceptively edited the Harris interview to help the failed candidate boost her chances.
Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone.
This is what many Americans will now see. pic.twitter.com/H4w7btDv6x
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 8, 2024
Paramount Global, CBS’s corporate parent, agreed on Wednesday to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview that Whitaker conducted with Harris just before the 2024 presidential election.
News of the settlement was shared at a staff meeting, and, according to The New York Post, Whitaker grew emotional.”
Per The Post:
The veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who interviewed Kamala Harris for the segment that triggered the just-settled lawsuit filed by President Trump against CBS News and its parent company reportedly grew emotional during a staff meeting held after the deal was announced.
Bill Whitaker, 73, appeared “teary-eyed” and “quite somber” during a tense Zoom meeting Wednesday morning as he addressed his “60 Minutes” colleagues in the wake of Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement with Trump, according to Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter.
In the fallout from the lawsuit, CBS News president Wendy McMahon abruptly resigned from the network in May.
“It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on a path forward,” Wendy McMahon said in an email to staff just weeks after a top “60 Minutes” producer resigned.
Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent, Bill Whitaker, reportedly got teary-eyed during a CBS-Paramount staff meeting held in the wake of Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement with Donald Trump.
Tears of joy that truth over phony journalism prevailed? @CBSNews… pic.twitter.com/4338cCBTRU
— David Burke (@ConservativeTht) July 3, 2025
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