It is not a consuming issue for me though I am aware of it. Talking about Bari Weiss the new editor-in-chief over at CBS News. Not popular among many journalists at the moment. Said to be right-leaning in favor of Trump. Did shelve a story at the last minute that 60 Minutes was going to run about CECOT the notorious El Salvodoran prison where many of the illegals were sent. Aired about a month later after being picked up by a Canadian streaming app. So that was pretty much on the back burner for me until it took a harder edge the other day with the firing of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. Now it peaked my interest. Pelley had a kind of meltdown at a staff meeting ripping Weiss and his new executive producer a couple of new ones and was subsequently fired by Weiss for cause. Lest this turn into an essay I'll save other thoughts about Mr. Pelley in the Comments section.
A quick google. Weiss is liberal on social issues but more conservative even outspoken on other issues like woke and cancel culture and DEI. Voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. Describes herself as "politically homeless." Even if you subscribe to the conspiracy theory that Trump somehow put her in charge at CBS News that's only one network. This hardly amounts to State-run programming. Big snookers.
It's a story. Worth doing a blogpost on.
I haven't watched 60 minutes in years, preferring old episodes of M.A.S.H. My only interest is the power play where Trump engineered the takeover of CBS by Paramount. Does that not smack o State Run Programing? Ya think Pelly will be replaced by Hannity?
ReplyDeleteIt's only one network. He doesn't control all the media. Most of the msm is anti-Trump. Always has been.
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