The CEO of CBS News donated more than $6,000 to Democrats during the 2020 election, a new report reveals. The report comes as CBS News faces multiple controversies.
The broadcast network's chief executive, Wendy McMahon, donated $6,100 to President Joe Biden's campaign and Democratic Party fundraising platforms in 2020, according to Federal Election Commission filings. The Telegraph reported. Mr. McMahon, who was working at ABC at the time, made nine donations to campaigns in the final three months leading up to that year's election.
According to the Telegraph, she donated $2,500 each to the Biden campaign and the Biden Victory Fund, as well as multiple donations to Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue. CBS CEO George Cheeks, who oversees CBS News, also donated hundreds of dollars to President Biden's campaign and other Democrats during the 2020 election.
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CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon donated more than $6,000 to the Biden campaign and other Democratic organizations in 2020, according to a new report. (Getty Images)
CBS has been in turmoil this week amid multiple controversies.
The network first caused confusion this week when it aired two different answers to the same question about Israel during a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS has been accused of editing Harris' clips to make her “word salad” answers sound more concise and consistent, according to critics, but defenders say the changes were simply due to time constraints. He claims it was for. The original footage of the Democratic candidate was first aired on Sunday's “Face the Nation.”
McMahon has been at the helm of CBS News since 2021 and was not directly involved in editing the interview.
Specifically, CBS News employees are not allowed to donate to political parties or campaigns, and McMahon's donations came from when she was at ABC, the Telegraph reported. This rule does not apply to Mr. Cheeks, as he does not work for the news department.
Former President Trump called Harris' editing of “60 Minutes'' an “unprecedented scandal'' and called for CBS to revoke its broadcast license.
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CBS News has been dogged in recent days by controversy over a tense interview about Israel on “CBS Mornings” and an edited exchange in a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton, Screenshot/CBS News)
In addition to controversy over editing, CBS Morning anchor Tony Dokoupil faced internal uproar after giving an interview in which colleagues accused him of being too harsh on an anti-Israel writer.
A Jewish CBS news anchor has angered his liberal colleagues by bluntly saying that journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates' book is like being in an “extremist's backpack.” Mr. Dokoupil asked Mr. Coates whether he believed that Israel had a right to exist.
This book is anti-Israel has been criticized For omitting important context regarding Palestinian terrorism and the extraordinary security situation in the Jewish state.
During an Oct. 7 internal conference call, Mr. McMahon and executive editor Adrian Roark reprimanded Mr. Dokoupil, infuriating staffers who defended the morning show anchor.
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Paramount CEO Shari Redstone on Monday addressed the CBS News controversy over an interview between “CBS Morning” host Tony Dokpoyle and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, according to reports. (Left: (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images), Right: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CBS executives were offended after an investigation concluded that the interview did not meet the company's “editorial standards,” the Free Press, which obtained audio of the staff meeting, reported. It reassured the staff.
The paper said Dokoupil ultimately expressed regret over the interview that caused the uproar, but did not express regret over the questions he asked. new york times. But Shari Redstone, chairman of Paramount Global, which oversees CBS's parent company, defended Dokoupil during a panel discussion this week, saying Dokoupil had done a good job.
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Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.
