CBS -Nachrichten Chef ends in the middle of Trump print

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The top executive responsible by CBS News resigned on Monday because President Trump increases the political pressure against news operation.

Wendy McMahon has alluded to a “challenging one” in a farewell shortage of the employees in recent months.

“It has become clear that the company and I do not agree to the way,” she wrote. “It is time for me to continue and drive this organization with new leadership.”

While McMahon Trump's legally dubious lawsuit against CBS in the memo did not apply, the lawsuit has only been most part in the past few months. McMahon has worked publicly for the news department, while the paramount paramount Global tried to settle down with Trump and at the same time tried to win the administration's approval for its pending fusion with SkyDance media.

The conflict between editorial principles and corporate priorities has deeply shaken CBS, one of the most respected radio networks in America.

Last month, the executive producer of “60 minutes”, Bill Owens, who headed the program that Trump's IRE had triggered, said he had resigned and quoted a loss of independence.

Owens and McMahon praised themselves at the time and signaled a unit front against Trump's legal attacks.

For example, the employees who have a CBS correspondent to CNN towards CNN with a CBS correspondent on Monday have to communicate from a CBS correspondent. The correspondent spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to speak publicly.

McMahon's departure also caused speculation that a paramount settlement with Trump was imminent. The company did not comment.

In a memo on Monday morning, Paramount Global Co-CEO George Cheeks McMahon thanked for four years of lead. He said that McMahons recently reported to him for the second CBS news president Tom Cibrowski.

A person with knowledge of the matter pointed out that the departure of McMahon eliminates a layer of management at a time when Paramount tries to sleep less and give less.

The future of McMahon was also under the parachute, the company that tries to take control of CBS and the rest of Paramount, far from it.

But by McMahon now steps down and refers to the “path forward” with the differences of opinion, McMahon emphasizes the controversial business of Paramount with the president.

Trump sued CBS with the former Vice President Kamala Harris last October because of the processing of the “60 -minute interview”. The allegations of the lawsuit, CBS violate the law on the deception practices in Texas, a consumer protection law, were mocked by legal experts as light -hearted and ridiculous.

CBS lawyers defended “60 minutes” and his editorial judgment on the reasons for the initial packaging. But Trump has blown up the network again and again, sometimes even the FCC, an agency he wanted to control to punish CBS by revoking its licenses.

Top executives tried to settle with Trump with the FCC, which was commissioned to check the Paramount SkyDance deal, so that the lawsuit disappear. According to reports, the mediation talks began at the end of April.

The concept of a settlement is an anthema for employees of “60 minutes”. The transcript of the Harris interview, which CBS provided in February in FCC, confirmed what the network said all the time: It dealt with normal processing, no shameful activities such as Trump.

Months before the resignation, Owens told the employees of “60 minutes” that he would not apologize as part of a settlement because the news magazine had not done anything to apologize.

Despite Trump's attacks, “60 minutes” broadcast the whole winter of trial reports about his administration.

McMahon confirmed the viewer of view in her memo on Monday and wrote: “Thank you for your trust. You keep us accountable and remind us of why this work is important.”

Anna Gomez, one of the Democrats of the FCC controlled by Republicans, wrote about X that McMahon's departure was “alarming”.

“Independent journalists are simply silenced because their reporting can endanger the ambitions of their company owners,” wrote Gomez. “Only an administration will encourage the censorship of language and the control of the content.”