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President Trump was briefed on new options for military strikes in Iran, a senior U.S. official confirmed Sunday. Mr. Trump appeared to lay out his red line for action on Friday when he warned that if the Iranian government began "killing people like they have in the past, we would get involved." "We'll be hitting them very hard where it hurts," he said at the White House. "And that doesn't mean boots on the ground, but it means hitting them very, very hard where it hurts." On social media, Mr. Trump offered his support for the protesters, saying that "Iran...

“Let’s get down to business: We’ll start the bidding for Warner Bros at $5. Do I hear $5?” “...so many A-listers — and by A-listers, I mean people who are on ‘A list’ that has been heavily redacted..." "The Golden Globe for best editing goes to… the Justice Department!” “the award for most editing goes to CBS News. Yes. CBS news: America’s newest place to see B.S. news.” Glaser singled out George Clooney for a very specific inquiry. “I’ve always wanted to ask you something, and I know this is unprofessional, but I may never get the chance again, so...

Since taking the helm at CBS News, Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has shown no fear, and her response to Hollywood leftist darling George Clooney's attack on her is truly...magnifique. It all started after the 64-year-old actor took a swipe at Weiss' leadership, of course, using broad claims, lacking any detail, about Weiss. The comments came after she pulled a 60 Minutes piece about the alleged treatment of illegal aliens in a CECOT prison in El Salvador. She later explained the reason was that it wasn’t ready, RedState reported. Statement from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss: "My job is to make sure...

Alfonsi's immigration piece needed additional reporting, Editor in Chief Bari Weiss told CBS staff

A “60 Minutes” segment on the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador, where the Trump administration has sent hundreds of illegal immigrants, was postponed by CBS News on Sunday, sparking controversy within the newsroom now led by Bari Weiss. The segment was spearheaded by reporter Sharyn Alfonsi, who interviewed some of the illegal immigrants who were sent to CECOT and have since left the prison where they say they endured “brutal and torturous conditions” while incarcerated, The Wall Street Journal reported. CBS News said Alfonsi’s segment would air at a later date after the company “determined it needed additional reporting.”...

CBS program “60 Minutes” was accused of censoring an anti-Trump segment targeting the deportation of illegals to El Salvador’s notorious supermax prison. Teasers for the segment, titled, “Inside CECOT,” featured illegal aliens recounting horror tales of being deported to the CECOT prison.Reports claim the segment was pulled at the last minute just two and a half hours before it was set to air at the behest of new CBS News boss Bari Weiss, who claimed the story failed to meet standard editorial practices.“My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be,” Weiss...

Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief at CBS News, is already making waves.The founder and editor of The Free Press and former New York Times columnist has adopted a rallying cry in meetings with colleagues, according to the Wall Street Journal.: "I wanna blow this up." Weiss's plan "is working to overhaul the organization’s evening news program, counter what she sees as a left-leaning bias in legacy media and make the newsroom operate more efficiently," reports the Journal. Paramount Global and its new boss, Dave Ellison, recently acquired CBS in a deal that was harshly criticized by other legacy media outlets....

‘CBS Evening News’ co-anchor John Dickerson is leaving CBS by the end of the year, according to a source.DIckerson will continue to co-anchor the news with Maurice DuBois until he departs, a CBS News spokesperson confirmed. The news comes as CBS News braces for a steep round of layoffs, which are expected to hit this week.Dickerson, 57, took the co-anchor job earlier this year when then-CBS News president Wendy McMahon decided to shake up the struggling news network and oust then-anchor Norah O’Donnell.Dickerson shared the news on Instagram on Monday morning, writing: “At the end of this year, I will...

Journalist Bari Weiss has taken over CBS news, which may be the end of journalism as we know it. Sources say she is already making aggressive changes to the network. Here is a list of terrifying changes she presented to her employees: 1. Effective immediately, each journalist gets three libels and you're out: This is unreasonably strict. 2. Going forward, reporters are required to include at least one true fact in all stories: This could slow down news production drastically. 3. Feelings no longer count as a valid source: Sources have to be actual living people. 4. Style change when...

The revamped leadership of CBS News, following the merger between Paramount and Skydance, has elevated a conservative journalist who has upset the legacy media with her own successful center-right career. Bari Weiss, founder of The Free Press, will take the reins at CBS News in the coming days, say sources familiar with her selection. Her upstart news site, which has defied the trend of declining subscriptions across the industry, will also be acquired. Weiss, a 41-year-old former opinion writer for the New York Times, built The Free Press out of her own volition back in early 2021, riding a growing...

Liberals are up in arms over reports that independent journalist Bari Weiss is eyeing a top role at CBS News as the new Paramount chief is inching closer to striking a major deal with her. Puck News reported Wednesday that Paramount CEO David Ellison, who just took over the company last month after his $8 billion merger with Skydance, is at the "one-yard line" with his plans to buy Weiss' online publication, The Free Press, and appoint her to a top editorial position at the struggling broadcast network. Weiss, a classical liberal who famously exited The New York Times in...

VIDEOImagine a White House press conference in the near future. The reporters are fervently raising their hands desperately hoping to be called upon to ask a question. At the podium, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt or perhaps even President Trump points at Olivia Rinaldi of CBS News and says "TAYLOR SWIFT." What does poor Olivia do? Does she correct either Leavitt or President Trump or is she just grateful she got called upon and asks her question? Either way, it is an hilarious way of emphasizing how unserious our news media has become.There is a YUUUUUGE upside to this....

VIDEOBy acting like an idiotic Swiftie Fangirl over the announcement of Taylor Swift's engagement, CBS White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi inadvertently led to the discovery of video of her colleague Scott MacFarlane huddling in terror under the press bleachers in Butler, PA on the fateful day of the assassination attempt upon President Trump. After your humble correspondent saw the Rinaldi Swiftie fangirl video, he started searching for other examples of Rinaldi's idiocy. Right away the Butler video was found in which she recorded on the press aftermath after the assassination attempt including a brief clip of MacFarlane crouched under the...

VIDEOForget President Trump being just millimeters away from being killed. Forget about Corey Comperatore who actually was killed. Forget about the ones who were wounded. Scott MacFarlane of CBS News is the most vocal victim, at least in his own mind, of the Butler shooting. See, Poor Scott is now suffering from PTSD he got at Butler. Not from the shooting itself but because he thought the crowd was nasty towards him. Lack of politeness forced Scott to take trauma leave. Awwww! We must now all grieve in sympathy for a terrified snowflake who got his feelings hurt.

<p>The Democrat Party is the party of entitlement, by entitlement, and for entitlement. The Democrat Party platform is all about entitlement whether it is a monetary entitlement such as food stamps or a license to take the life of the unborn called abortion. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Democrat spokespeople seemed surprised at the furor over the political hit piece on President Bush presented by 60 Minutes.</p>

It can't be much fun working at CBS News these days, as their overwhelming liberal bias keeps getting exposed in embarrassing ways and they keep having to pay the price. Already, "60 Minutes" veteran producer Bill Owens resigned in a huff in April, and they’re in settlement talks with Donald Trump over their deceptive editing of a Kamala Harris interview just before the November presidential election. The latest casualty is the outlet’s News President Wendy McMahon, who shocked staffers Monday when she announced she too is jumping ship.. Ms. McMahon, whose full title was president of CBS News and Stations,...

VIDEOSo how are the news networks reporting on President Trump's plan to reduce prescription drug prices? Well since network news organizations are financed in a big way by drug companies they are either ignoring it, changing the subject, or pretending the plan won't work or all three. An example can be seen in this report by CBS which presented the first half hour of President Trump announcing his prescription drug plan and then cutting in to announce something entirely different, namely that Trump "CAPITULATED" on the trade deal with China. After that CBS finally returned to the subject of Trump's...

Fired CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge posted photos of the confidential files seized by the network — which “included sensitive reporting about COVID-19 origins and Hunter Biden.” The award-winning investigative journalist — who was dismissed last February .. stirred up a firestorm in her bid to regain the materials before the network gave back the items weeks later. ... Herridge referred to CBS News’ actions as a “journalistic rape” and “an attack on investigative journalism.” “I hope no investigative reporter has to suffer a similar injustice in the future,” she added. ... The incident led to a hearing last April...

Last week it was reported that the FCC is investigating CBS’s deceptively edited 60 Minutes interview with former Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris. President Trump’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr demanded that CBS hand over the unedited transcript of the infamous ’60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris. On Wednesday, the FCC released an unedited, raw version of Harris’s ’60 Minutes’ interview. Watch:

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: CBS is in talks about settling President Trump's $10B lawsuit over election interference after editing Kamala Harris's 60 minutes interview.