"She didn't like the story, Owens told an audience at Colby College in Maine on Friday evening, where he accepted an award given for courage in journalism. Afterwards, Owens says, he was basically told: Well, you're not going to do another Gaza story, are you? While Redstone didn't call him directly, that message was relayed to me by people with authority over me, he said."
"In January, 60 Minutes ran a segment featuring former state department employees who had quit over how Joe Biden's administration handled the war in Gaza. The segment drew backlash from pro-Israel organizations and unnerved Paramount's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, a strong supporter of Israel. She didn't like the story, Owens told an audience at Colby College in Maine on Friday evening, where he accepted an award given for courage in journalism."
"When he faced pressure to apologize for the way 60 Minutes edited an interview with then-vice president Kamala Harris after conservative backlash and a $10bn lawsuit from Trump, he made it clear he wouldn't. I said, I'm not apologizing for anything. We haven't done anything wrong, he recalled. We haven't done anything wrong. 60 Minutes isn't perfect. 60 Minutes has made mistakes in the past, and we have always owned those mistakes."
Intense internal corporate pressure sought to limit 60 Minutes reporting that could provoke backlash for parent company Paramount. A January segment featuring former State Department employees who quit over the Biden administration's handling of the Gaza war drew criticism from pro-Israel organizations and alarmed Paramount's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone. Executives relayed that additional Gaza coverage should be avoided and producers were urged to reduce mentions of Donald Trump. Leadership also pushed for an apology over an edited Kamala Harris interview after conservative backlash and a lawsuit, but the network declined to apologize while acknowledging past mistakes.
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