Former CBS anchor slams Paramount settlement with Trump: ‘It was a sellout’
by Anna Betts from US news | The Guardian on (#6YDN1)
Dan Rather laments sad day for journalism' after company settles for $16m over 60 Minutes Kamala Harris interview
A former CBS News anchor and 60 minutes correspondent, Dan Rather, has blasted the $16m settlement between Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, and Donald Trump, calling it a sad day for journalism".
It's a sad day for 60 Minutes and CBS News," Rather, a veteran journalist who was a CBS News anchor for over 20 years, told Variety in an interview published on Wednesday. I hope people will read the details of this and understand what it was. It was distortion by the president and a kneeling down and saying, yes, sir,' by billionaire corporate owners."
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