President Donald Trump said that he supports the awaiting takeover of David Ellison de Paramount Global, although the current trial with the company 60 minutes The interview with the former vice-president Kamala Harris remains in the lead.
When asked during a press availability on Wednesday about the agreement, and if he “sees that this is resolved soon,” replied Trump: “I hope yes. Ellison is great, he will do a great job with. ”
Ellison, it should be noted, was spotted at a UFC event held earlier this month in Newark, New Jersey, sitting near Trump, who also participated. His company Skydance has an agreement to acquire Paramount, but it is retained at the FCC, which must approve the transfer of dissemination licenses.
Trump then connected the primordial agreement to his current trial with the company, explaining his position on what happened.
“What they did was interviewed Kamala, his answer was horrible, I would say that the elections threatened,” he said. “They withdrew all the answer, and they made another answer from another question and asked it. And they have done so, I understand, several times … We have caught up with them, and they are very embarrassed, and they are working on a regulation now. ”
According to a transcription and a raw video of the interview filed with the FCC as part of its own interview on the interview, 60 minutes took part of Harris’ answer to a question and used it in a promo for the show, and another section of the same answer in the real show itself.
Trump also said that “they are all dismissed”, referring to the departures of 60 minutes Executive producer Bill Owens and CBS News and Stations Head Wendy McMahon. The two said that the chopset to leave their own will, although they each expressed serious disagreements on how the company managed the situation.
“It has become clear that the company and I do not agree on the way to follow,” McMahon told staff by announcing his release.
“In the past few months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to perform the show because I have always executed it,” Owens told staff by announcing his departure. “Make independent decisions based on what was good 60 minutesJust for the public. So, after defending this show – and what we defend – from all angles, over time with everything I could, I retire so that the show can move forward. »»
