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The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone for US media

What has happened with 60 Minutes is a high-octane version of what’s happening everywhere in Trump 2.0

The Guardian - US

Scott Pelley hits out at his own network as ‘60 Minutes’ producer quits because of corporate oversight

“It was hard on him and hard on us,” the CBS Nws correspondent said of Bill Owens’ resignation. “But he did it for us and you.”

The Independent UK

Host of CBS’s 60 Minutes rebukes corporate owners Paramount on-air

Scott Pelley castigated network over independence pending sale to Skydance Media requiring Trump’s approval

The Guardian - US

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Trump v 60 Minutes is a stunning battle for the soul of US media

The US president’s tensions with the CBS show barely scratch the surface of his crusade against the media

The Guardian - US

Top producer at 60 Minutes quits over lack of ‘journalistic independence’ amid Trump feud with long-running program

Shocked staffers ‘liked that Bill didn’t bend the knee to Trump, [his lawsuit] settlement and corporate overlords who wanted him to apologize,’ a source told The Independent

The Independent UK

60 Minutes executive producer leaves program over journalistic independence

Bill Owens says in staff memo ‘it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it’

The Guardian - US

George Clooney says it was his ‘civic duty’ to tell Joe Biden to quit the 2024 election

‘I saw people on my side of the street not telling the truth’

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Trump calls on FCC chair to impose ‘maximum fines and punishment’ on Paramount’s CBS over 60 Minutes

Donald Trump took issue with its 60 Minutes news program after it aired two segments regarding the war in Ukraine and his plan to annex Denmark’s autonomous territory of Greenland.

Fortune

Trump threatens CBS with ‘substantial punishment’ over latest 60 Minutes broadcast

President Donald Trump railed against the newsmagazine for running segments on his annexation threats against Greenland and the Trump administration’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war

The Independent UK

Neither Trump Nor the Associated Press Controls Our Words

The Associated Press’s legal victory highlights the limited power presidents and the press have over the creative destruction and spontaneous order of our language.

Reason

Who is Jillian Lauren? Weezer bassist’s wife shot by police was once part of the Prince of Brunei’s harem

The New Jersey-born author is also a bestselling true crime expert

The Independent UK

Court scrutinises media use of rampage victims' images

Media outlets' ability to publish dead people's images without explicit permission will be tested by families of Bondi Junction shopping mall stabbing victims.

AAP

John Singleton Pleas For ‘Absolutely Unwanted’ Bondi Stabbing Inquest To Be Scrapped

"To live through again the macabre footage [...] that is absolutely unwanted in this case," John Singleton, whose 25-year-old daughter Dawn Singleton was killed in the attack, has pleaded.

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FCC to investigate Disney and ABC over potential violation in diversity practices

Federal Communications Commission says its DEI efforts may breach equal employment opportunity regulations

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The Independent UK

‘He dumped Biden like a dog’: Trump fumes over George Clooney’s 60 Minutes interview

President branded Clooney as a ‘second rate movie star’ and dismissed his appearance as a ‘total puff piece’

The Guardian - UK

‘A second-rate movie star and failed political pundit’: Donald Trump criticises George Clooney after comments on press freedom

Trump was responding to Clooney’s call to defend press freedoms while promoting his new stage version of Good Night, and Good Luck

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Donald Trump lashes out at 'second rate' George Clooney

President Donald Trump has slammed George Clooney as a "second rate movie 'star'" following his interview on '60 Minutes'.

The Guardian - AU

Labor rubbishes ‘reckless’ Coalition plan to crack down on CFMEU after latest allegations

Murray Watt says deregistering union’s construction division would jeopardise ongoing investigations and that new US-style laws are unnecessary

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AAP

Mafia-style laws mooted to stop construction 'rip-off'

The opposition wants US-style laws to jail organised crime bosses it says are pulling the strings of alleged construction sector corruption.

The Independent UK

Defiant CBS suddenly comes out swinging in $20bn Trump lawsuit

Trump claims the outlet participated in ‘voter interference’ with edits while turning down 60 Minutes interview

Reason

Matt Taibbi: The Collapse of the Censorship Regime

The award-winning journalist discusses the collapse of a post–World War II consensus, online speech police, and the legacy media on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

The Guardian - US

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from gutting USAid – as it happened

Judge ruling in response to lawsuit filed by union for government workers; union lawyers call Trump’s efforts ‘violation of the separation of powers’. This blog is now closed.

Reason

Trump Is Flat-Out Lying About the 60 Minutes Interview With Harris

The full transcript shows the president's complaints about the editing of the interview are not just wildly hyperbolic and legally groundless. They are demonstrably false.

Reason

Transcript Proves the 60 Minutes Scandal Was Always Fake

Donald Trump's complaints were always meritless, but CBS' capitulation sets a dangerous precedent for the future of the news media.

The Independent UK

CBS News posts raw video and transcript of 60 Minutes interview requested by FCC

The video and transcript s’how – consistent with 60 Minutes' repeated assurances to the public – that the 60 Minutes broadcast was not doctored or deceitful,’ CBS News said in a statement

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