Paramount’s content control on Gaza causes producer to resign
Paramount has come under scrutiny following the resignation of 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens, Middle East Eye reported on April 28th.
Owens left the CBS news show last week after Paramount, which is the Parent company, started to meddle with how it covers Israel’s conflict with Gaza as well as the Trump administration. On the April 27th episode of 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley addressed Owens’ departure, citing new supervisory measures imposed by Paramount.
“Stories we have covered for the last 57 years are often controversial, lately the Israeli-Gaza war and the Trump administration… Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism required,” Pelley said. The resignation has triggered a wave of criticism on social media.
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