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They say the MSM is using a strategy of escalation regarding messaging. It appears Pelley has no qualms with doing so.

I have not watched 60 Minutes in over 30 years. How does it stay afloat?

1 posted on 04/29/2025 4:18:00 AM PDT by Racketeer
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How does it stay afloat?

I think the walls are closing in. This could be the beginning of the end.

2 posted on 04/29/2025 4:19:44 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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“honest journalism”
lol.


3 posted on 04/29/2025 4:21:37 AM PDT by cdcdawg (The Left should cry harder.)
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“....Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

IOW, he couldn’t accept the idea that HE WAS NOT THE BOSS...............


4 posted on 04/29/2025 4:26:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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“... he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

~~~

In theory, on paper, it sounds nice.

In reality, what it is blatantly slathered with bias sauce.

If you did objective reporting, not only on what you cover, but what you don’t and how you cover it, you shouldn’t ever have to worry about a network getting nervous about your content. Either it’s lawyers or it’s managers.

What a network always wants is success and ratings.
If what you are doing isn’t helping to produce those, you have to ask yourself why!
What are your actual motives?

Independence? Yes
Honest journalism? NO


5 posted on 04/29/2025 4:47:06 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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CBSGnus is a clown show, now. Edward R. Murrow would be PO’ed.


6 posted on 04/29/2025 5:11:33 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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later


7 posted on 04/29/2025 5:29:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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I cannot listen to that condescending POS.


8 posted on 04/29/2025 6:05:59 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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did bill have anything to do with the harris interview?


9 posted on 04/29/2025 6:06:42 AM PDT by joshua c
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Only benefit of watching 60 Minutes is it’s a lesson of what news isn’t about it’s more about propaganda and pimping the democrat party socialism and how evil money is unless your a democrat and have it lots and lots of it to help the comrades.


10 posted on 04/29/2025 6:13:22 AM PDT by Vaduz
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I don’t want Trump to settle his suit with CBS.

Neither does Pelley and his Jurassic colleagues.

Pelley’s comments are working for me in that regard.

My advice to Pelley, keep up the resistance dude, I like the end game here.


11 posted on 04/29/2025 6:22:57 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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Pelley is upping his visibility on this because he wants to attempt to insulate himself for being next on the chopping block thinking they wouldn’t fire such a high visibility employee.


12 posted on 04/29/2025 6:28:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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60Min was corrupt from the beginning. Nothing but left-wing partisanship. I watched it closely for the 1st year — yeah, I am that old. WUT’s yer point?
Anyhoo, in the 2nd year I noticed that every episode about any sort of STEM issue was a pack of lies. Haven’t watched it since.


17 posted on 04/29/2025 8:20:57 AM PDT by bobbo666
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“....Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

This is an odd thing to say, as it implies that those who remain are not independent or honest.

The reality is that the Paramount bosses are concerned about a particular libel lawsuit, where it is pretty clear that 60 Minutes was not independent or honest. Therefore, you can kind of conclude that Bill Owens realizes that his days of fronting for the Democrat Party are coming to an end.

20 posted on 04/29/2025 8:31:13 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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The MSM pretending to be fair and accurate is hilarious.


22 posted on 04/29/2025 8:36:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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What independence? You work for a company. You have supers, rules, etc.

Independent to lie? Edit recordings to manipulate them to favor one side and harm others? What criteria?

The funny part is you call it journalism.


25 posted on 04/29/2025 12:52:18 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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Scott Pelley is upset that they cannot lie as they have done for decades.


27 posted on 04/30/2025 2:21:18 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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