CBS News in Crisis: Resignations and the Price of Press Freedom

What happens to free press when big corporations bow to presidential pressure?

The resignations of CBS News President Wendy McMahon and 60 Minutes Executive Producer Bill Owens mark more than a shake-up at one of America’s most respected news institutions. They’re the clearest sign yet of a newsroom buckling under direct pressure from a sitting U.S. president. As Donald Trump, now in his second term, wages a legal and political wa…