







The newsmagazine wasted no time showing where its loyalties lie during its season premiere.

The Brand-New Pentagon Press Corps Is Gaga for Hegseth
After nearly all legacy news organizations declined to sign on to Hegseth’s rules, the new Pentagon press corps is all his cheerleaders.

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

Vega Breaks Her Silence
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.

'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.

I've been dying to talk about the mail with you all day
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Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty
The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #60
The many interesting things I read in February 2026

Pete Hegseth’s War On Truth
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Martha Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship to become the only woman journalist to …


Status as a Service (StaaS) — Remains of the Day
Editor's Note 1 : I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2 : I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this one. Or as long as my previous one . My long break from posting here means that this piece is a collection of what would’ve normally been a series
The death of the newsfeed — Benedict Evans
What do we do now that there’s more in the newsfeed than we can possibly read? Can the algorithmic sample ever actually work, or do we swing back to 1:1 messaging? How do Stories rebundle that? And what happens to all the traffic that the newsfeed provides?
Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”
While testifying to Congress on Wednesday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth lobbed threats and brushed off queries about civilian harm.

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.

Hey everyone! I’m starting a monthly blog about trends in moderation from Blacksky’s Trust and Safety team called: “What’s Happening on My Feed?” The first post: “Putting the Trust back in Trust and Safety” is out now, check it out: whatshappeningonmyfeed.leaflet.pub/3mpont6fedc2z
Putting the Trust back in Trust and Safety
whatshappeningonmyfeed.leaflet.pubHow in the hell is @proton.me being led by a straight up maga chud not the biggest news right now.