CBS News Falls to Trump: The Shocking Resignation of '60 Minutes' Producer Bill Owens
How corporate pressure and a $10 billion Trump lawsuit gutted one of America's most trusted news programs.
There comes a moment when journalistic integrity meets corporate reality. For Bill Owens, the executive producer of "60 Minutes," that moment arrived on Tuesday when he announced his resignation to a stunned newsroom.
"It's clear that I've become the problem. I am the corporation's problem," Owens told his staff, his voice breaking as he struggled to mai…
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