Tuesday, May 20, 2025

HEAD OF CBS NEWS FORCED OUT

By Bob Walsh

 

Wendy McMahon, CEO of CBS News, speaks during the Axios BFD event in New York
Wendy McMahon
 

Wendy McMahon was, until today, the head of CBS News.  She has been on the outs with Shari Redstone, head of Paramount Global, the CBS parent company, over a couple of big issues.  One of them has been the point of view of CBS News over the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.  The other has been potential settlement of the multi-billion dollar lawsuit by Donald Trump over alleged deceptive editing of the Kamala Harris - 60 Minutes interview just prior to the November election.  

Redstone has the bigger juice card and used it.  McMahon is out.  It remains to be seen if CBS is going to quit being a blind supporter of violent anti-Semitism and what settlement, if any, they will seriously propose with now-again President Trump.  It also remains to be seen what effect, if any, these changes will have on the Paramount Global merger intentions.  The Board of Paramount Global met on Sunday to look into these issues, among other things I expect.  Perhaps they are hoping that throwing McMahon under the bus might moderate Trump's position.  

Might not help, but probably won't hurt.  

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hit the road. PBS or NPR might be hiring. No, wait. They have no money.