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Posted on 12/30/2025 12:41:27 PM PST by Red Badger
It sounds broken record-ish to keep saying this, but it's worth repeating all the same that journalists continue to demonstrate that they learned nothing from the 2024 elections.
The latest example, of course, is the fallout from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulling a "60 Minutes" segment that sympathetically portrayed deported illegals who had spent time at the CECOT prison in El Salvador, with Weiss wanting to see an on-the-record interview from a high-ranking Trump administration official in the piece before it aired.
Though critics of Weiss, including the reporter at the center of the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, accused her of shelving it for "political" reasons, it's important to note that Weiss never said the story shouldn't run; just that all sides in the debate should be represented, and that certain language (like calling the illegals "migrants") should be adjusted to reflect the actual facts.
Another twist came when it was revealed that on-the-record comments from administration officials had been obtained, but strangely had not been included in the original segment - even though Alfonsi asserted they had declined to comment. That they actually did, but that the comments were left out, seemed to confirm what critics of the report suspected, that it was designed to be an anti-Trump hit piece rather than balanced reporting, an inconvenient fact Weiss has hinted at in her statements on the issue.
As if that didn't prove the point enough, actions taken by former CBS News journalists would seem to underscore it a bit more. A new report notes that they are circulating a petition among current staff to demand "editorial independence" from Weiss, and they are taking their Hurt Feelings Report straight to the top:
Former CBS News journalists are preparing a petition urging Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to uphold editorial independence at the network after editor in chief Bari Weiss yanked a “60 Minutes” segment on migrants sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Post on Monday.
A group of “prominent journalists” signed the text – which they plan to send on Saturday, Jan. 3 – and are circulating it among current and former CBS News employees, asking for their signatures, sources told The Post.
“The efforts by CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss to prevent this story from airing on December 21, 2025, signals a breakdown in editorial oversight, and risks setting a dangerous precedent in a country that has traditionally valued press freedom,” the petition states.
You don't have to be a journalism expert here to read that and think, "You have got to be kidding me." I mean, pretty much everything we've learned about how this unfolded lends credence to the suggestion that the original report that was pulled was anything but "independent reporting," because it lacked balance and pushed media/leftist-driven narratives about criminal illegal immigrants who have been deported under this administration.
Perhaps most notably, it left out on-the-record quotes from administration officials who undoubtedly tried to counter the spin "60 Minutes" was pushing.
Relatedly, newsrooms and the opinion side of any purported "news outlet" are typically kept separate and have different standards for a reason. The opinion side, naturally, is where a biased viewpoint on any particular issue can be freely expressed one way or another. That's not what's supposed to happen on the news side, yet that appears to be exactly what happened in this case (and many others on "60 Minutes," as we've previously documented).
Bari Weiss, in a nutshell, is trying to save CBS News from woke newsroom scolds by bringing back traditional journalism that tells both sides of a story and allows the reader/viewer to draw their own conclusions without the corporate media telling them how they should think. That current and former journos at the network are pushing back so hard against this and are demanding "independence" from editorial standards is very telling - and not in a good way - for them.
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Editorial Independence?
Idiots. YOU work for CBS.
bari is trying to practice journalism
the 60 minutes propagandists are bewildered
Hell, he probably wrote it.............
At 94 years, still holding on to his fake but accurate roots.
60 minutes has been a propaganda operation since I quit watching it about 1990. I have not watched 60 minutes in 35 years!
I took care of a CBS inner circle person in the past. Nice person, but totally held hostage to the ‘prestige’ and perceived stature associated with their connections and job. In the end, the circle of ‘power and influence’ is just an illusion - except to those whose whole self worth is wrapped up in it. Political office is the same.
They should run the story as is but attach an introduction that notes that the journalist lied to management about the administration declining to comment. Note that CBS can’t be certain there are not other statements in the story that aren’t lies. Also note her previous biased story in Florida and close with a list of current CBS reporters that think this is acceptable.
the circle of ‘power and influence’ is just an illusion..........
Always was..............
Good time to mention the origin of “mind blowing.”
Now generally accepted that Bob Dylan was the first to use the phrase “blew my mind” in an artistic work in “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream,” released in March 1965, widely considered the earliest known occurrence of the modern idiom in use.
The exact lyric is: “A pay phone was ringin’ and it just about blew my mind”.
SEE BS! Most unreliable of them all. Their “news” is garbage. Remember Damn Rather?
More here:
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When they are boss, then they can do what they want.
But wait, there’s more!!!!
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
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2h
I have just been informed by some booked artists that they are receiving emails from @CNN and The @washingtonpost encouraging them to boycott the Trump Kennedy Center.
The legacy media are left wing activists - and they are open about it.
No matter how much you despise corporate media, I assure you it is not enough!
They all work for Deep State.
CBS News is a lot like a kindergarten.
These pampered, perfumed, princes and princesses of the Press have been pandered to for so long, they now demand it ...............
That’s good.
The place will smell a lot better now that all the leftist progs are gone..............
CBS should have their broadcast license revoked. The entire network personnel are nothing but a nest of traitors.
Yeah, well good luck with that. Ellison is no fool.
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