Legal dispute with Trump: Chief of CBS News leaves the broadcaster






Against the background of a legal dispute with US President Donald Trump, the head of the news station CBS News gives up. Wendy McMahon wrote in a farewell letter published on Monday to the workforce that the past few months had been “challenging”. Trump has sued CBS owner Paramount for compensation of $ 20 billion.

The legal dispute is about a CBS interview with the democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the known news program “60 Minutes”. The current president accuses the broadcaster of having subsequently processed a confuse answer from Harris on the Gaza War to hide her “word salad”. Trump speaks of “election fraud”. CBS rejects the allegations.

McMahon said that it had become “clear that the company and I do not agree on the future path”. Therefore, it is time for them. Paramount boss George Cheeks thanked her for her work. Meanwhile, the CNBC broadcaster reported that Cheeks called McMahon on Sunday and asked them to retreat.

The long -time producer of “60 Minutes”, Bill Owen, had already cleared his post in April. He justified this with Trump’s approach to the independence of the media.

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