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CBS fired Owens’ predecessor, Jeff Fager, in 2018 for sexual misconduct. CBS investigators said that his misconduct was less severe than that of “60 Minutes” founder and original executive producer Don Hewitt. A draft report from those investigators found that “the physical, administrative and cultural separation between ’60 Minutes’ and the rest of CBS News permitted misconduct by some ’60 Minutes’ employees,” according to the Times. CBS has agreed to pay one woman who accused Hewitt of sexual assault over $5 million, the Times reported. The network’s powerful former head, Les Moonves, also resigned in 2018 after multiple women accused him of sexual assault.

While Owens’ pined for more independence, past examples of malfeasance at his network demonstrate that the show’s autonomy may have been a double-edged sword.

“It shows a lot of balls for someone who understands that nobody is untouchable at this at the point,” a CBS insider told The Post, speaking of Pelley’s move to chastise his bosses.  A second insider said “Pelley is fed up with corporate disrespect for journalistic independence.”

The president has also criticized the program for being biased under executive producer Bill Owens.

he has worked on for more than 20 years.

Pelley went rogue at the end of Sunday night’s episode during what appeared to be a simple tribute to Bill Owens, the longtime “60 Minutes” executive producer who quit last week over the company’s heavy-handed interference.

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"He was our boss," Pelley said. "He covered the world, covered combat, the White House. His was a quest to open minds, not close them. If you've ever worked hard for a boss because you admired him, then you understand what we've enjoyed here." "Bill resigned Tuesday. It was hard on him and hard on us," Pelley continued, referencing his co-correspondents. "But he did it for us, and you."

Owens began his journalism career as a summer intern at CBS News in 1988, before joining 60 Minutes in 2003. In February 2019, he took on the role of executive producer, becoming the third person to run the program since it aired in 1968.

Bill made sure they were accurate and fair.

implied that President Trump and his administration have had an inappropriate influence on the show.

"I have worked at CBS News for 37 years, more than half of that at 60 Minutes, I have been shot at and threatened with jail for protecting a source. I have overseen more than 600 stories as Executive Producer of 60,"

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Owens began his career at CBS News as an intern in 1988. His many roles at the network span the assignment desk, the White House beat, where he served as senior producer, and "CBS Evening News," where he was senior broadcast producer.Owens was named executive producer of "60 Minutes" in 2019 after 12 years supervising the broadcast's content in senior roles. He is just one of three "60 Minutes" executive producers in the show's 57-year history. In recent months he also assumed the role of senior executive producer of "CBS Evening News," which took on a reimagined format in January.

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In a statement

Constitutional law experts say the lawsuit is "frivolous" and an infringement on First Amendment rights.

Wendy McMahon, the president and CEO of CBS News & Stations and CBS Media Ventures, said in an email announcing the decision that "Bill has led 60 Minutes with unwavering integrity, curiosity, and a deep commitment to the truth. He has championed the kind of journalism that informs, enlightens, and often changes the national conversation."

The closer one looks at the context around Bill Owens’ departure as the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” the worse it appears.

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As for what this might’ve been in reference to, The New York Times noted, “Paramount’s controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, is eager to secure the Trump administration’s approval for a multibillion-dollar sale of her company to Skydance, a company run by the son of the tech billionaire Larry Ellison.” (Redstone has also, of course, expressed an interest in trying to settle Trump’s civil case, despite its lack of merit.)

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Shortly after reports of Owens’ resignation emerged, two “60 Minutes” producers spoke anonymously with CNN’s Jake Tapper. One source called Trump’s lawsuit “baseless” and stressed Owens’ refusal to apologize or bend while noting the top producer “fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job.” A second source was blunter. “It‘s like a guy who has been battling for months against an attack,” this person said. “He sacrificed himself hoping it might make our corporate overlords wake up and realize they risk destroying what makes 60 Minutes great.”

“independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes.”

“Bill made sure they were accurate and fair,”

with Pelley adding that Owens “felt he had lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

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Graham believes the true reason

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Trump attorney Ed Paltzik told Fox News Digital, "CBS and Paramount committed the worst kind of election interference and fraud in the closing days of the most important presidential election in history. That the 60 Minutes boss resigned the same week as CBS settled a major discrimination claim is even further proof of their reckless disregard for truth and the law. President Trump will pursue this vital matter to its just and rightful conclusion." That settlement involved a lawsuit brought by a script coordinator who alleged he was passed over for a writing job on the CBS program "SEAL Team" because of the network's DEI policies.

claiming he could no longer make independent decisions at CBS

newsroom drama.

On Tuesday, Owens told colleagues he's removing himself from the newsroom drama.

"This war against the fourth estate journalists is of this piece," Tapper said.

Tapper said, continuing to quote from the source.

"'It's clear now, in a quest to sell the company, Shari Redstone and others will bow to presidential pressure,'" Tapper said, quoting from a "60 Minutes" source who spoke to CNN.

the game of cat-and-mouse gets turned on its head.

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the deportation program’s larger hope is to

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they never were able to get over the finish line.

Dissecting

when a volcano eruption in Iceland sent ash miles into the sky and obstructed travel for millions, including at Heathrow.

A correction was made on March 22, 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated the kind of equipment that Heathrow’s chief executive said had worked as expected on Friday. It was backup generators, not a backup transformer.

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Last month, just over a year after his brush with death, Coates and his girlfriend visited Dr. Fajgenbaum in Philadelphia to thank him for his help. A smiling Coates was the picture of health; he had put on muscle since the last time he met the doctor.

“If you use A.I. to come up with a new drug, you can make lots and lots of money off that new drug. If you use A.I. to find a new use for an old, inexpensive drug, no one makes any money off of it,” Dr. Fajgenbaum said.

The alcohol “popped to the top of our list,” Dr. Might said, and “it worked instantly.”

Finding Clues in Old Research

led researchers to ask

In labs around the world, scientists are using A.I. to search among existing medicines for treatments that work for rare diseases. Drug repurposing, as it’s called, is not new, but the use of machine learning is speeding up the process — and could expand the treatment possibilities for people with rare diseases and few options.