Trump in talks for ’60 Minutes’ interview after – Business News
President Donald Trump is reportedly in talks with CBS News to do an interview with “60 Minutes” — the identical show he sued over its sit-down with Kamala Harris that he claimed was deceptively edited.
The White House is demanding that CBS News air the interview with Trump unedited, in accordance with the Semafor information website.
Bill Whitaker, the “60 Minutes” correspondent who carried out the Harris interview that led to mother or father company Paramount paying Trump a $16 million sum to settle the lawsuit, will deal with the section with the president, Semafor reported.
President Trump is reportedly in talks with CBS News over an interview with the Sunday weekly newsmagazine “60 Minutes.” MediaPunch / BACKGRID
White House officers initially mentioned a sitdown final Friday whereas Trump was in New York for the UN General Assembly and the Ryder Cup, however the timetable slipped due to the president’s schedule, in accordance with Semafor.
The Post has sought remark from the White House and mother or father company Paramount Skydance. CBS News declined to remark.
With CBS News half of a new company construction headed by David Ellison, the division is on the verge of main modifications to its editorial bent.
Bill Whitaker, the “60 Minutes” correspondent who carried out the Kamala Harris interview final yr will deal with the section with Trump, Semafor reported. 60 Minutes / CBS
As completely reported by The Post, Ellison is set to call The Free Press founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News as quickly as Monday. Paramount will even purchase Weiss’s information website for an estimated $150 million in a money and stock deal.
Last yr, Trump, who on the time was a candidate for president, filed swimsuit in opposition to CBS over a “60 Minutes” interview that the show carried out together with his Democratic opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
At subject was the printed’s enhancing. Harris was proven giving two completely different solutions to a query about Israel by Whitaker in clips aired on “60 Minutes” and “Face the Nation.”
Trump filed swimsuit in opposition to CBS final yr over a “60 Minutes” interview with Harris that he claimed was deceptively edited. 60 Minutes
Both responses got here as half of a long-winded reply that Harris gave to Whitaker.
Trump stated CBS was making an attempt to make his opponent look higher; CBS stated that declare had no benefit in making an attempt to get the case thrown out. Many legal specialists dismissed the president’s declare.
But the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation — a complication for Paramount because it seeks administration approval of its proposed merger with Skydance Media.
In August, Skydance and Paramount formally closed their $8 billion merger — marking the top of Shari Redstone’s tenure as controlling shareholder of Paramount mother or father company National Amusements.
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