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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism. That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

open.substack.comCBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on JournalismPulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.

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The saddest part of this capitulation and hollowing out of any integrity that was left in the corporate media, is that at one time, some of the best broadcasters in American history once worked for CBS. Walter Cronkite, Edward Murrow, Dan Rather.. All gone. It’s all propaganda and garbage now.

That’s what happens when someone unqualified takes the helm Would an airline pilot give up the controls if the flaps wouldn’t operate? They’d work the problem and save lives Weiss should be tossed but her butt is covered

Let’s call it what it is: state regulated television. The speed with which the US democracy is disentangling is truly horrific. Where is the resistance? Is there no good man or woman in Trump’s vicinity who can put a stop to this?

That's not a real excuse. That's a "we're cutting this for corporate as a political favour - what excuse can we give everyone?" excuse.

Personally, I have always considered #GreedyOldPendejos and #fartface's "refusal to comment" as "I am a useless pendejo and have NO defense for my cowardly #nazi actions"

This is just noise to hide that Trump started threatening Europe again. At Christmas it's the time he choose to do the actions that will lead to war between Europe and the US! HANDS OFF GREENLAND!!!!

Trump following fascist playbook - create an enemy - migrants - use that hatred to remove freedoms - arrest leaders and intellectuals - weaponize law enforcement - render constitutional laws useless - use pathological lying - threaten your enemies w incarceration - use propagandist #resist

War enhances the first item on the list. Firstly provide a domestic enemy, migrants, then to further falsely unify the country, secondly provide a foreign enemy thru war.

The only money Trump has saved me is all the money I was spending on streaming services or stores that I am now boycotting. Next up: Good bye #paramount+ #boycottingCBS

And she claims the government didn’t have a chance to go on camera and make their claims known but here we have Noem proudly posing with hair extensions and a tight white T-shirt with prisoners in the background.

the lack of sophistication in Trump administration lies is remarkable. the arguments wouldn't fool a preschooler. you have to wonder what they think of their audience's critical thinking skills or if they're assuming others reason at their own level

I, like most normal engaged people, turned off broadcast television as soon as CNN showed an empty podium for an hour straight while Bernie was holding a live rally to 100000 people. Then,Maddow quit being a regular and all the POC were fired from MSNBC it sealed the deal. Finito!

Trump controls everything. Trump is a liar. Do not believe anything you read or hear from the Trump admin or any no independent media. Our country is no longer free and the Republican Party no longer supports free speech.

Veto power over CBS, anyway. What this, & other media executive decisions, is doing is accelerating the trend toward getting news from sources like the Bulwark, PBS, BBC, trusted substack writers. Legacy media has been failing for a long time.

Bari Weiss is doing exactly what we thought she would do, and why she was hired despite being woefully unqualified. It is terrifying. Project 2025 is no longer some dystopian vision of what could be, it is happening now.

It tracks, appoint a Trump toadie in Bari Weiss, who at this point has neither journalistic credibility or any sense of ethics, to run what was once the gold standard in TV news, and this is what you get - A total hack who’ll spike whatever story displeases dear leader.

Midas Touch Media is also a good source of info. So is Noel Cassler. There are a few out there who would rather say fuck that guy and tell it like it is.

Does this really surprise anyone? When right-wing sewer clowns (i.e., the Ellison clan) took over CBS, with the full support of tRump, and then appointed the unqualified Bari Weiss to run CBS News, it was a short, steep, and very slippery slope to this. It’s the end, for now, of a once-respected CBS

Exactly. I hope NBC or ABC Hires the CBS journalists and recreates 60 mins. My wife and I have stopped watching CBS as she turns it Right Wing. Now I’m afraid what will happen to the CVS Sunday morning show and I’ve begun to see changes at Face the Nation.

American’s can vote in the ballot box, vote with their💰💰💰 and vote with their remotes. I already stopped taping 60 Minutes a few weeks ago. And I have no interest in watching again.

It baffles me that this kind of thing still surprises anyone. They. Are. Going. Full. Fascist. That was obvious from the beginning, when I talked about stripping citizenships, concentration camps, etc, and I was called an alarmist. I HAVE LIVED THROUGH THIS ALREADY They're just getting started.

If Weiss insists on getting the WH comment, how about a segment which includes Karoline Leavitt comments on the issue and disproves her? The WH already has a podium to get out its side. And even if the billionaire Ellisons can afford tanking CBS News, do CBS affiliates want to invite a boycott?

This woman Bari Weiss is our Charlie Kirk. She says she's Center left, but acts far right. I get her support of Israel and her anger at her Alma Mater Columbia for slow walking on campus antisemitism, but she doesn't seem to have parsed out all the moral and political points. Oh, how power...