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Jennifer Burke

Canadian television journalist

Aug 20, 2026

17:29
There's just a lot going on behind the scenes that I don't know that the average person is aware of, but they must be picking up on it in some way.
17:36
Well, the 60 Minutes whole incident with Scott Pelley and the other correspondents and the executive producer being fired and the perception of there is interference and a bias because there's been, to your point, takeovers, right? There's been mergers and acquisitions, and they need approval to get this acquisition going, so they need to curry favor with the current administration.
18:03
That's not made up.
18:04
There is stuff happening.
18:06
And if you talk to Scott Pelley or read his amazing article in The New York Times when he explained it from his perspective, absolutely, CBS was forced to pay a bribe to the Trump administration in order to get that merger to go ahead.
18:23
So there's no question that as we see smaller outlets being absorbed by larger conglomerates or cost-cutting measures happening, whether it's global or CTV, the bottom line is the advertising dollars that used to support private broadcasters Art is gone.
18:44
It's gone to Google.
23:44
I think there is an appetite for good, quality, trustworthy news, but you've got to deliver it in a way that works for people's busy lives.

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