The real story here is about Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, who’s desperately trying to secure Trump administration approval for her company’s multibillion-dollar sale to Skydance, a company run by the son of tech billionaire and Trump supporter Larry Ellison. Redstone has reportedly pushed for a settlement with Trump, despite the absurdity of his legal claims.

Owens, to his immense credit, refused to cave.

“Over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience,” Owens wrote in his resignation memo.