Three of the most powerful words in journalism:
"Help us investigate."
Quoting @joshtpm.bsky.social: "We’ll keep an eye on this, and you can help us. Are you in Ohio? Do you know more? Are there similar things going on in your state? Tell us."
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Three of the most powerful words in journalism:
"Help us investigate."
Quoting @joshtpm.bsky.social: "We’ll keep an eye on this, and you can help us. Are you in Ohio? Do you know more? Are there similar things going on in your state? Tell us."
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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.
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We’ve talked a lot about what the Trump White House can and...
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."
We’ve talked a lot about what the Trump White House can and...
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"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]
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.
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
One thing to keep your eye on as Paramount takes control: what happens to CNN's Fact Checker, Daniel Dale. www.cnn.com/profiles/dan...
Below is @status.news: "Ellison made repeated trips to Washington, privately assuring administration officials that CNN would undergo significant changes"
Justin Baragona
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:
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.
