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CBS News says Trump campaign had 'shifting explanations' for why he snubbed '60 Minutes'
Read full article: CBS News says Trump campaign had 'shifting explanations' for why he snubbed '60 Minutes'CBS News' Scott Pelley said the Trump campaign offered āshifting explanationsā for why it backed out of a planned interview the show aired on Monday.
'60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers
Read full article: '60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewersFILE - "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl poses for a photo in her office at the "60 Minutes" offices, in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. It's not the first time that's been said about ā60 Minutesā since its 1968 debut. After executive producer Bill Owens turned the show primarily over to COVID-19 coverage last spring, ā60 Minutesā has returned to its traditional format while being focused on being timely. ā60 Minutesā this fall has featured interviews with fired government cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs, former President Barack Obama and poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Original executive producer Don Hewitt often ran ā60 Minutesā as an island unto itself.
If Trump wanted people to avoid '60 Minutes,' it didn't work
Read full article: If Trump wanted people to avoid '60 Minutes,' it didn't workBehind the World Series, Fox was the most popular broadcast network in prime time, averaging 8.2 million viewers. NBC had 5.8 million viewers, ABC had 4.6 million, CBS had 4.4 million, Ion Television had 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 620,000. ABC's āWorld News Tonightā led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.6 million viewers. NBC's āNightly Newsā had 7.2 million viewers and the āCBS Evening Newsā had 5.3 million. World Series, Game 3: L.A. Dodgers vs. Tampa Bay, Fox, 8.16 million.
Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview before it airs
Read full article: Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview before it airsPresident Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON ā President Donald Trump posted his full, unedited interview with ā60 Minutesā on Facebook before the showās scheduled Sunday broadcast. āLook at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS,ā Trump wrote Thursday as he tweeted the Facebook link. As Stahl comments at one point that Trump is offering attack after attack, Trump responds: āIt's not attack, it's defense. At the end of the nearly 40 minutes, Trump complained: āAre you ready for tough questions. ā60 MINUTES,ā it continued, "is widely respected for bringing its hallmark fairness, deep reporting and informative context to viewers each week.
The Latest: Trump tells rally about '60 Minutes' interview
Read full article: The Latest: Trump tells rally about '60 Minutes' interviewWASHINGTON ā The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):7:50 p.m.President Donald Trump is keeping up a public feud with ā60 Minutesā correspondent Lesley Stahl, who he says took him too seriously after he pleaded for suburban women to love him. Stahl interviewed Trump at the White House on Tuesday for Sundayās edition of the news magazine. Addressing a campaign rally Wednesday in Gastonia, North Carolina, Trump says Stahl pressed him on his plea for love from suburban women, many of whom have turned away from the president. ___HEREāS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE:President Donald Trump was campaigning in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Wednesday night. His Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, dispatched his ex-boss, former President Barack Obama, to make a pitch for him in Philadelphia.
President Trump attends campaign rally in North Carolina
Read full article: President Trump attends campaign rally in North CarolinaIt comes a day after Trump, trailing in polls in many battleground states, stopped in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Trump was bound for North Carolina on Wednesday as he delivers what his campaign sees as his closing message. āThis is an election between a Trump super recovery and a Biden depression," the president said in Erie, Pennsylvania. Also trailing in fundraising for campaign ads, Trump is increasingly relying on his signature campaign rallies to maximize turnout among his GOP base. But her chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, said Tuesday that Mrs. Trump has a lingering cough and would not accompany the president.