60 Minutes Upheaval Exposes Corporate Control Over Press Freedom

Executive Briefing

• Reveals that First Amendment protections shield journalists only from government censorship, not corporate owner interference
• Shows Paramount Skydance reshaped CBS News to appease Trump, whose administration must approve its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition
• Documents Scott Pelley's firing after he accused new news director Bari Weiss of 'murdering' the 60 Minutes institution
• Traces media consolidation from yellow journalism to six corporations now dominating the American media landscape
• Argues romanticizing journalist independence obscures how press freedom has always depended on owners' willingness to allow it