President Trump issued another blistering attack against CBS News and “60 Minutes” as he and the network remain locked in litigation over a segment last fall featuring an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Harris interview, Trump wrote Wednesday in a post on Truth Social, “unlawfully fixed, manipulated, and doctored throughout by CBS, in order to try and make Kamala appear at least somewhat coherent.”
He called the interview, which aired just days before the election, “nothing but fake, corrupt, anti-Trump propaganda.”
At the time CBS News released the full transcript of its conversation with the Democratic presidential nominee, the network said it “is always guided by the truth and what we believe will be most informative to the viewing public, all while working within the constraints of broadcast television.”
The president’s latest criticism of the network, just one of his media targets, comes as his attorneys enter reported settlement talks with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News and a conglomerate that is currently working to secure a megamerger with entertainment giant Skydance.
“These antics are why the American People have no trust in the Press,” Trump wrote, “… and demand that the Media, very much including 60 Minutes, CBS, and its owners, be held responsible for their corruption and lies, which is exactly what we are doing in Court!”
His latest critique also follows a segment CBS aired over the weekend looking into the president’s attacks on a number of top law firms he argues have wronged him or resisted his agenda, as well as the exit of longtime “60 Minutes” producer Bill Owens.