#bari weiss

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Bari Weiss is a piece of shit person and an embarrassment to journalism

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Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good

Fired CBS 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has accused editorial management at his old network of interfering with a broadcast segment looking at an immigration officer’s killing of Minneapolis protester Renee Good in January.

The veteran broadcaster, who was recently dismissed from the show, said CBS News’s editor-in-chief Bari Weiss had sent an email to his supervisor requesting changes be made soon before the airing of the segment in question.

In an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, the 68-year-old Pelley accused Weiss of injecting “falsehoods and bias” into programming.

Pelley told the outlet: “Two of the things in the email include, ‘Can we make the protesters look more violent?’ Now, I’m paraphrasing. I don’t have the quote, but that’s what was communicated to me. And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer.”

Pelley maintained that was the direction contained in the email even though video of Good’s shooting did not support such a conclusion.

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Top ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Scott Pelley Fired After He Calls Out CBS News Boss Bari Weiss

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias: “New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.

Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.

Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

UPDATED NEW STATEMENT: By Scott Pelley

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

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BREAKING: Anderson Cooper quits CBS after nearly 20 years as Bari Weiss takes control

Anderson Cooper just delivered a devastating blow to MAGA media infiltration by walking away from CBS News after nearly two decades at 60 Minutes. The 58-year-old anchor has declined to renew his contract with the network, choosing to leave rather than submit to the editorial control of new CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss, the controversial anti-woke blogger who has been systematically dismantling journalistic independence at one of America’s most trusted news organizations. Cooper’s refusal to play along with Weiss’s MAGA-friendly agenda represents one of the most significant acts of journalistic resistance since Trump returned to power.

Cooper informed CBS executives weeks ago that he would be focusing on his CNN show AC360, spending more time with his family, and continuing his podcast All There Is With Anderson Cooper. But make no mistake, this is not a quiet retirement. This is a principled stand against the corruption of American journalism. Cooper’s departure comes at the exact moment when CBS has become a cautionary tale about what happens when MAGA operatives seize control of newsrooms and begin killing stories that hold Trump accountable.

The rot started the moment Bari Weiss took over. In December, Weiss spiked a bombshell report by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about CECOT, the hellish El Salvador prison where the Trump administration has been flying migrants without due process. The story had already been promoted by CBS. It was ready to air. And Weiss killed it to protect Trump. She later admitted in January that she regretted the decision, but the message to journalists was already clear: critical coverage of the Trump administration would not be tolerated under her leadership.

Then Weiss came for Cooper directly. In January, Status reported that a Cooper segment examining Trump’s decision to accept refugees from South Africa had been subjected to what sources described as an intense and abnormal level of editorial scrutiny. Veteran 60 Minutes producer Michael Gavshon was reportedly exasperated by the interference, which insiders characterized as completely outside the norms of the program’s traditionally independent editorial process. Weiss was not editing for accuracy. She was editing for ideology. She was sanitizing coverage to protect Trump. And Cooper saw exactly what was happening.

Cooper could have stayed. He could have taken the paycheck and kept his head down. He could have allowed his journalism to be watered down and manipulated by a MAGA-friendly boss who built her career railing against so-called woke media. Instead, Cooper chose integrity. He chose to walk away from one of the most prestigious platforms in American journalism rather than participate in the corruption of the newsroom he helped build.

That takes courage. That takes principle. And it sends an unmistakable message to every journalist still working under compromised leadership: you do not have to go along with this.

Cooper leaves behind an Emmy-winning legacy that Weiss and her enablers can never erase. Over nearly two decades at 60 Minutes, Cooper earned five Emmy Awards, including the 2020 Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Report for his profile of artist Mark Bradford. He secured interviews with world leaders, investigated corruption, and held power accountable. He did the work that made 60 Minutes a cornerstone of American journalism. And now he is refusing to watch Bari Weiss destroy it.

Cooper’s departure is part of a larger exodus of talent fleeing CBS as Weiss consolidates control. Just weeks ago, a producer from a MAGA-coded anchor’s show ripped the network in a scathing farewell, accusing leadership of abandoning journalism. Morale inside CBS has reportedly collapsed as longtime staffers watch their work get killed, edited beyond recognition, or subjected to unprecedented interference from executives with obvious political agendas. Cooper is not the first to leave. He will not be the last.

This is what MAGA infiltration of the media looks like. It is not always loud. It is not always obvious. Sometimes it is just a blogger with the right political connections getting handed control of a newsroom and quietly killing stories, interfering with journalists, and driving out anyone who refuses to comply. Bari Weiss is doing to CBS exactly what Trump allies have been trying to do across American media: turn independent journalism into propaganda.

Anderson Cooper just said no. He walked away rather than be complicit. And his decision should inspire every journalist still fighting to do real work under compromised leadership. You do not owe loyalty to bosses who are corrupting your profession. You do not have to participate in the destruction of the institutions you helped build. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is refuse to play along.

CBS is now left scrambling to replace one of its biggest stars at the exact moment the network’s credibility is in freefall. Weiss’s tenure has been defined by spiked stories, editorial meddling, and the systematic erosion of the independence that made 60 Minutes great. Cooper’s departure is not just about one anchor. It is about what happens when journalism becomes a casualty of MAGA politics. And it is about one man choosing to stand up rather than stand by while it happens.

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(Source 1: News Article) (Source 2: "Last Week Tonight" Episode)

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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.