"CBS's new corporate owner has taken a series of concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics particularly President Trump and his allies. In recent days, the network selected a new ombudsman for CBS News with strong conservative credentials. It promised to run full, unedited interviews on a key public affairs show after receiving blowback from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. And it's in talks to bring on a top news executive who believes the mainstream press is reflexively biased."
"All of these decisions have come from top officials at Paramount under the new ownership of Skydance Media. And they represent a grand accommodation to Trump by CBS, known for its rich legacy of journalistic touchstones spanning back to the dawn of television news, including Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and 60 Minutes. Its coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, U.S. astronauts walking on the Moon, Watergate, and the Tiananmen Square massacre helped to define those events for Americans."
Skydance Media's takeover of CBS prompted specific changes intended to placate critics aligned with President Trump and his allies. Paramount officials appointed a conservative-credentials ombudsman for CBS News, pledged to air full unedited interviews after criticism from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and entered talks to hire a top executive who contends mainstream media is reflexively biased. These moves followed a $16 million settlement with Trump and regulatory pressure from his chief broadcast regulator. The company seeks acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which would require further regulatory approval and raise questions about CNN's future under Skydance.
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