The fired “60 Minutes” correspondent revealed stunning new details about how CBS News management tried to meddle in her reporting, according to an audio recording obtained by Status.
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
The longtime head of CBS' 60 Minutes resigned Tuesday, as the network's parent company grapples with President Trump's lawsuit over an interview the show did with Kamala Harris last fall.
Scoop: Weiss told top "60 Minutes" producers that delayed segment had problems
Her decision to hold the piece caused uproar internally, with at least one correspondent arguing the call was politically motivated.
Bari Weiss Defends ‘60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and other top executives defended a recent decision to spike a "60 Minutes" report on the plight of deportees
Employee Slowly Realizes Boss Attempting To Have Normal Conversation With Her
ACWORTH, GA—Taking several minutes to fully process what was occurring, Sinclair Group, Inc. employee Carolyn Belk, 27, slowly and gradually realized this morning that her boss, Doug Fletcher, 48, was attempting to conduct a normal conversation with her. “He came in and asked me how everything was going, and then he started talking about his family’s plans for the holidays and whether I had made plans yet too and I’m thinking ‘Okay, what’s happening here? Where is this going?’” said Belk, who confirmed that it dawned on her only incrementally that Fletcher was not giving her a performance review or assigning her a task or gently reprimanding her for something she had done wrong, but was in fact trying to initiate a casual coworker-to-coworker chat. “It took me a solid five minutes to figure out what was going on, and by that time the conversation was basically over. I pretty much just stared at him.” At press time, Belk was praying that would never, ever happen again.
CBS News’ Standards Chief Exits Amid Chaotic Period for News Division (EXCLUSIVE)
CBS News' standards and practices chief, Claudia Milne, announced she would exit the Paramount Skydance news unit as it comes under intense scrutiny
I Fact-Checked The New York Times' Response to the Trans News Network, So You Don't Have To
TNN’s recent interview with Billie Jean Sweeney cut to the heart of The New York Times’ transphobic coverage. Seems like she hit a sore spot.
Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism of Times coverage.
LA Times owner asks editorial board to ‘take a break’ from writing about Trump – report
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who said paper is ‘echo chamber’, also blocked paper’s board from endorsing Harris
About — Crackdown Podcast
Garth Mullins—Crackdown’s Host and Executive Producer—is a longtime activist and drug user as well as a member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and the BC Association of People on Methadone. Crackdown was born out of the idea that journalism can be rigorous, fair, and meet the expectations enumerated in the Canadian Association of Journalists, while also containing a clear and transparently-stated point of view. We believe that journalism can and should seek to serve the public good. We believe that journalism need not be produced by people who are distant from the topics and communities they are covering. And we believe that - rather than hiding behind a mask of “objectivity” - journalism is most truthful when it clearly communicates its point of view to the audience.
What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs (Published 2014)
The inside story of how Yahoo’s C.E.O. lost her way.
‘60 Minutes’ Roasted for MAGA-Friendly Hegseth Appearance
The newsmagazine wasted no time showing where its loyalties lie during its season premiere.
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.
Breaking the silence
Research on science communication has largely focused on teaching scientists how to describe their studies in ways that interest the public while deepening their understanding of scientific exploration. However, there is another, often overlooked side to science communication—how scientists respond when questions arise about the integrity of their research. Often, the tendency has been to stay silent and wait for any controversy to pass or be resolved in professional forums. But in an age of growing, intense attacks on science, silence can be detrimental to both public trust and the careers of scientists who are under scrutiny. For better or worse, journalists, social media professionals, and the public may take a response of “no comment” as a concession that the critics are correct, so forthright communication about research questions is more urgent than ever.
Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid
Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.
