Longtime '60 Minutes' correspondent Steve
Kroft, Jon Stewart bash CBS’ Trump settlement
as ‘shakedown’
Posted By: JunkYardDog, 7/9/2025 11:55:04 AM
Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart bashed Paramount Global and CBS’ eight-figure settlement with President Donald Trump as giving into a "shakedown" on Monday. Kroft appeared on Paramount-owned Comedy Central to discuss the settlement with Stewart, who didn’t pull punches when discussing his own employer. Kroft, who retired from the show in 2019 after a 30-year run, said his former colleagues are devastated that CBS and its parent company settled Trump’s "election interference" lawsuit. "I think there is a lot of fear over there… fear of losing their job, fear of what’s happening to the country, fear of losing the First Amendment," Kroft said.
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Well, Steve-o, if you're so afraid of 'losing' the First Amendment, why did you & CBS abuse it so much? Going on air with salacious lies disguised as 'journalism' and then hiding behind the 1st Amendment by citing anonymous sources is what I call MANIPULATION, not reporting. Editing that word salad resonse of Harris's interview to try and make it seem less, well, stupid (for lack of a better word) is misleading at best and deceptive. THAT"S why Paramount had to pay out. And speaking of shakedowns, what do you call all these years of CBS/60 Minutes misrepresenting the truth?