Shari Redstone, the former head of Paramount, revealed CBS personnel had told her then-President Biden appeared drowsy during a 2023 interview with Scott Pelley.
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FormerParamountexecutiveShariRedstonewasconcernedPresidentDonaldTrump’steamwouldseizeonunairedfootageofa2023“60Minutes”interviewwiththen-PresidentJoeBiden,assheexplainedwhythecompanysettledTrump’slawsuitagainstCBSNews.
RedstoneclaimedinaninterviewwiththeNewYorkTimesthatsomeCBSpersonneltoldherinOctober2023thatBidenappeareddrowsyandhadtobepromptedtoanswerquestionsduringaninterviewwithScottPelley.
RedstonesaidsheandhersonTylerKorffwereworriedthatCBSwouldbeaccusedofeditingthe“60Minutes”interviewtoconcealBiden’s“failings,”astheTimesputit,whileitbattledTrump’saccusationsofelectioninterferencestemmingfromtheshow’s2024interviewwiththen-VicePresidentKamalaHarris.
AccordingtotheTimesreport,theRedstonefamilyworriedthatcherry-pickedrawCBSfootageandinternalcommunicationsexposedindiscoverywou
