Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who host two of the leading talk shows on Paramount’s networks CBS and Comedy Central, hit out at the company over its settlement agreement with President Donald Trump over a segment on “60 Minutes.”
Paramount Global agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that aired ahead of the 2024 presidential election that accused the network of deceptively editing the segment.
On “The Daily Show” last week, Stewart interviewed former “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft, who compared the deal reached by Paramount and Trump to “a shakedown.”
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