Bill Owens Says ’60 Minutes’ Bosses Were ‘Very Concerned’ About Trump and Gaza Stories

Bill Owens, who worked as the executive producer of “60 Minutes” until his surprise resignation in April, told the Guardian that Paramount was especially concerned about stories about Donald Trump and the war between Israel and Hamas in his final weeks. “The Trump stuff they were very concerned about,” he explained.

The Friday interview was Owens’ first public remarks since he left the news organization.

After the program ran a story about state department employees who quit in response to the Biden administration’s handling of the Israeli-Hamas war, Shari Redstone reportedly asked others to communicate a message: “Well, you’re not going to do another Gaza story, are you?”

“When…