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CBS News in Crisis: Resignations and the Price of Press Freedom

CBS News in Crisis: Resignations and the Price of Press Freedom

What happens to free press when big corporations bow to presidential pressure?

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May 21, 2025
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The resignations of CBS News President Wendy McMahon and 60 Minutes Executive Producer Bill Owens mark more than a shake-up at one of America’s most respected news institutions. They’re the clearest sign yet of a newsroom buckling under direct pressure from a sitting U.S. president. As Donald Trump, now in his second term, wages a legal and political wa…

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