"You know how I'm going to be able to tell that I've really made it as a writer in America? When our very handsome (much better-looking than Zohran Mamdani!) and very high-IQ leader Donald Trump gives me a personal shoutout to commend me on what a wonderful job I'm doing. As we all know, a good journalist should always make the rich and powerful feel comfortable."
"Trump appeared on CBS News's 60 Minutes on Sunday night for his first sit-down with the show in five years and commented on how much better the network has become after its owner, Paramount, was taken over by his billionaire allies, the father-and-son duo Larry and David Ellison. If you watched the interview on TV, you might have missed that particular bit because (weird!) it didn't get aired."
"Also not fully aired on the TV broadcast: a segment in which the president claimed he didn't know a crypto tycoon who went to prison for breaching money laundering laws, despite the fact that Trump pardoned him. That bit, along with all the others, did appear in the full text transcript published online. Interviews are edited for length and clarity all the time."
Donald Trump praised CBS/60 Minutes' leadership and its owner, billionaire allies Larry and David Ellison, during a recent sit-down interview. Several pro-Trump comments, including praise for editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and references to financial settlements and a pardoned crypto tycoon, were omitted from the televised broadcast but appear in the full online transcript. The network's ownership by allies of the president coincided with selective airing of favorable segments and editorial choices. Corporate donors have shown public support for the president through donations tied to his projects. The sequence of events reflects growing media accommodation to powerful political and corporate interests.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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