It was a political hire, continued.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social the first thing I have read that sounds anything like a solution.
Weiss is removed from CBS. She gets to run The Free Press. She gets a platform online and on TV to develop the P.O.V. that she and the Ellisons openly say they share.
In a joint letter to staff, Lesley Stahal, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker say they are sticking around for the next season of '60 Minutes.'
"Here's why we are staying: We don't want to see 60 Minutes die."
If everything here is normal, then why is the boss
an opinion writer with no experience in broadcast news?
If that question is never answered — answered by CBS itself, I mean — then I see nothing ahead but newsy turmoil and slow ruin. @brianstelter.bsky.social
It was a political hire.
To understand its logic, start not with Walter Cronkite but with DOGE, The targeting of research in higher ed, the hollowing out of foreign aid, and the like.
From @status.news:
If Scott Pelley keeps up with "CBS News is on fire" and new management keeps up with "this would never be tolerated in any other work place" the conflict will continue. www.cnn.com/2026/06/07/m...
The page can only be turned when Weiss is replaced. But there's no sign of that yet.
Stelter:
It was a political hire.
We know that because Bari Weiss had no experience at all in broadcase news, or in deeply dug investigative reporting.
From @brianstelter.bsky.social
It was a political hire, continued.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social The first thing I have read that sounds anything like a solution.
Bari Weiss is removed from CBS. She gets to run The Free Press. She also gets a platform online and on TV to develop the P.O.V. that she and the Ellisons share.
"CBS News is on fire."
Scott Pelley answers questions. And he has a lot to say.
"There was a thumb on the scale for the president’s version of events that I felt was a level of political influence that I had never seen in 37 years at CBS News.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m... [Gift link]
Columbia Journalism Review: Why — exactly why — did 60 Minutes need to be changed? www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
My answer:
60 Minutes is the flagship, CBS News the fleet. As owner the Ellison family will serve the pleasures of Donald Trump. From this plan they can all benefit— even beyond news.
If you follow the mess at CBS, don't dismiss the possibility that Ellison thinks he's been clear about playing nice with Trump, while Bari Weiss thinks she can get by with "Center Right," while Nick Bilton thinks it's Mike Wallace all over again— but super digital. All at once.
From @status.news:
