Trump says 60 Minutes' is 'worse' under new ownership following Marjorie Taylor Greene interview
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“60 Minutes” is back in President Trump’s crosshairs.Trump went after the prestigious CBS News program following an interview Sunday with Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), his once ardent ally who is leaving Congress in January.Correspondent Lesley Stahl had a brutally candid sit-down with Greene, who went into detail on her break with the president.
Trump has called Greene a traitor, which Green said has led to death threats to her and her family.Greene also said the president is not focusing on the issues most important to his supporters and that many of her colleagues only support him out of fear.Trump posted on his Truth Social platform blasting Greene and CBS News, which earlier this year paid him $16 million to settle a lawsuit he filed over the network’s handling of an interview with his 2024 opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris.Trump’s post said the reason Greene “went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States.
(Certainly not the first time she has been jilted),” and called her a “low IQ traitor.”But Trump added that his “real problem” with the interview is that parent company Paramount allowed the program to air.Trump had praised CBS News since Paramount was acquired by Skydance Media run by David Ellison, who along with his father Larry has a warm relationship with the president.Trump has also spoken positively about the hiring of Bari Weiss as editor in chief for CBS News.
Weiss took on the role after Paramount acquired her heterodox digital news platform the Free Press.She met Trump when he recently sat for a “60 Minutes” interview.But the good vibes didn’t last long.“THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP, who just paid me millions of Dollars for FAKE REPORTING about your favorite President, ME!” Trump wrote.
“Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has actually gotten WORSE!”Trump ended his missive...