Summary

60 Minutes plans to enrage Donald Trump Sunday with an episode bashing his intimidation efforts—despite being in a legal battle with the president themselves.

“Now in the White House, Trump is using executive orders to target some of the biggest law firms in the country that he accuses of ‘weaponizing’ the justice system against him.”

The drama between Donald Trump and CBS has heated up in recent weeks after the show’s executive producer, Bill Owens, abruptly quit after 37 years, accusing CBS executives of interfering with the program and pandering to Trump amid his $20 billion lawsuit.

CBS and Trump’s settlement discussions have taken place as Paramount Global seeks the president’s approval of its merger with Skydance, an American media production company.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 months ago

    The drama between Donald Trump and CBS has heated up in recent weeks after the show’s executive producer, Bill Owens, abruptly quit after 37 years, accusing CBS executives of interfering with the program and pandering to Trump amid his $20 billion lawsuit.

    Is this their last act of true journalism before the CBS executives rein them in?

  • wirebeads@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 months ago

    Just about nothing would make me happier than to have him not wake up ever again. A complete disgrace to America and the world. May he die painfully and soon.

    • swampwitch@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      My sister-in-law, the chillest and least likely person I know to ever say this, actually wished death on Trump the other day. He’s done so much global damage, and it hasn’t even been a year.

      He’s an actual scourge.

      • raoulduke85@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 months ago

        It’s a common thing. My mother and sister who always preach non violence, have lately been saying how someone needs to raise money to have cult 47 pewpewed.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        Yep. Fuck every single person who ever told us that Trump wasn’t as bad as others. Even if technically hasn’t done as wrong as others, the trend he’s setting in motion is by far the worst thing to have happened in world history if it continues

    • peregrin5@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      I wouldn’t be sad if someone created a large campfire where he, Elon, McConnell, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Green, etc. are the logs.

        • Dzso@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 months ago

          Today was the first time that it ever occurred to me that the US propaganda of “Hitler was the worst person who ever lived” might have been in part to cover up the US’s own history of genocide.

  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 months ago

    The fact that even publications like this are saying things like “the president’s approval” now is part of the problem. The president is supposed to have no part in that decision making process. It’s the FCC and the FTC that have a say and they are supposed to be politically insulated.

    • ameancow@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      It’s the FCC and the FTC that have a say and they are supposed to be politically insulated.

      Agencies soon to be replaced by Elon Musk’s Grok and a group of 17-year-olds with punisher skull stickers on their macbooks.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    So now we are reporting about how Donald Trump is going to feel about an upcoming report?

    Fuck’s sake…

    • MimicJar@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      It also doesn’t make sense. To make Trump angry all you need to do is tell the truth. Just state facts and he’ll be tweeting up shitstorm at 3am.