60 minutes host Scott Pelley issues dire warning over multimillion-dollar CBS settlement with Trump
Source: The Independent
60 minutes host issues dire warning over multimillion-dollar CBS settlement with Trump
Veteran journalist says ‘the country is doomed’ without ‘courage’ from journalists to speak truth to power
Alex Woodward
in New York
Monday 09 June 2025 16:14 BST
CBS News veteran Scott Pelley has warned that a potential settlement between the network’s parent company and Donald Trump would be “very damaging” to the network and company and their reputations.
“It would be very damaging to CBS, to Paramount, to the reputation of those companies,” Pelley told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Saturday.
Pelley compared a potential settlement to Trump’s agreements with several law firms to provide pro-bono support to avoid sanctions from the administration after the president targeted firms and individual lawyers who represented his political opponents.
“I think many of the law firms that made deals with the White House are at this very moment regretting it. That doesn’t look like their finest hour,” Pelley said.
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