Lesley Stahl is certain Paramount will pay off Donald Trump to end POTUS’ $20 billion 60 Minutes lawsuit, and Scott Pelley exclaims journalism is under attack . However, if Shari Redstone thinks a big check and an apology for a piece last year from the CBS newsmagazine series he didn’t like is enough to grease the regulatory wheels for Skydance ’s $8 billion absorption of the company, the California state Senate has a news alert for her.
In a letter Friday sent to former 60 Minutes EP Bill Owens and ex- CBS News and Stations boss Wendy McMahon , plus the Paramount Global board and the state Attorney General, the heads of the Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee in Sacramento began an investigation to see if Golden