‘60 Minutes’ chief says he won't apologize as part of any Trump settlement
‘60 Minutes’ chief says he won't apologize as part of any Trump settlement
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‘The company knows I will not apologize for anything we have done,’ 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens told show staffers on Monday. 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens told the program’s staff on Monday that he would not offer up an apology as part of any anticipated settlement the company reaches with Donald Trump in his ‘meritless’ lawsuit against CBS, sources told The Independent.
![[Donald Trump appears on 60 Minutes. Trump’s legal team is currently in talks to settle his “frivolous’ lawsuit.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2020/10/27/21/Election_2020_Trump_60_Minutes_34380.jpg)
“There have been reports in the media about a settlement and/or apology,” Owens told staff on Monday. “The company knows I will not apologize for anything we have done.”. A Paramount spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. “The edit is perfectly fine; let’s put that to bed so we can get on with our lives,” Owens told the show’s staff. The transcript was received by the FCC on Monday evening.
Trump’s complaint centers on CBS airing a preview of the Harris interview on Face the Nation that included a different version of an answer to Whitaker’s question than what was aired on 60 Minutes. “The interview was not doctored,” CBS said in October following Trump’s lawsuit. “60 Minutes did not hide any part of Vice President Kamala Harris's answer to the question at issue. 60 Minutes fairly presented the interview to inform the viewing audience, and not to mislead it.”.
