Jake Tapper tears into CBS owner, Shari Redstone, for cynically bending the knee to Trump
CNN host Jake Tapper slammed the chair of Paramount Global ― which owns CBS’s parent company ― saying she is “likely to bend the knee” to President Donald Trump on Tuesday after the exit of “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens.
Tapper laid out the circumstances around Owens’ departure, noting that Paramount’s Shari Redstone “stands to make a fortune” as she looks to merge her company with Skydance Media, a multibillion-dollar deal that requires the approval of a Trump-favoring chair of the Federal Communications Commission.
He then predicted that Redstone would likely settle Trump’s “allegedly frivolous” $20 billion lawsuit with CBS over allegations that “60 Minutes” deceptively edited its interview with Kamala Harris before the 2024 presidential election.