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Bill Owens and Wendy McMahon on Why They Left CBS News: ‘The Match Was Fixed’

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Bill Owens and Wendy McMahon on Why They Left CBS News: ‘The Match Was Fixed’
Oct 9, 2026 8:10am PT Bill Owens and Wendy McMahon on Why They Left CBS News: ‘The Match Was Fixed’

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Ethan Shanfeld

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It was a CBS News reunion of sorts in Miami as former “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens and Wendy McMahon, the news division’s former president and CEO, detailed their 2025 resignations and spoke out against the current regime at the inaugural Jupiter Festival.

“It was like the match was fixed, and I felt like I needed to do something to bring attention to it,” Owens said of his exit. “I was like a crazy person standing in the room with a grenade saying, ‘I’ll do it. I swear to God, if you take one more step.’”

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