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Low-Octane Gaslighting – CBS NEWS
Shouldn’t a veteran newsman be concerned about getting the facts correct?
Shouldn’t a veteran newsman be concerned about getting the facts correct?
The media landscape is still abuzz over Scott Pelley's performance at an all-hands meeting on Monday. Many in the news ecosystem are hailing the man, despite an uncomfortable reality: The man was rather incorrect about several key points he was raging about with his new boss.
More Drama at CBS News As Scott Pelley Rages at Management and the Veteran Newsman Fractures the Factshttps://t.co/gmAHTwQh1e— RedState (@RedState) June 2, 2026
More Drama at CBS News As Scott Pelley Rages at Management and the Veteran Newsman Fractures the Factshttps://t.co/gmAHTwQh1e
But the crux of all of this that so many are hanging onto is the claim that Bari Weiss is killing off Pelly’s vaunted news program. It sure sounds like the perfect soundbite for incurious journalists to latch onto, but there is one glaring issue with this convenient talking point:
Bari Weiss appeared to have guided the show to a favorable result in her first season of 60 Minutes while helming the news division. Seeing close to a 10 percent bump in the ratings is hardly an attempt at "murdering" the program, as Pelley hysterically alleges.
CBS 60 Minutes Ratings - 2000 to 202660 Minutes has declined for over two decades as viewing habits have changed.The 2025–2026 season under @BariWeiss, it averaged 9.1 million viewers, a 9% increase.So much for @ScottPelley’s claim that she’s “murdering” the show. pic.twitter.com/xMSBGpEX0z— RoadMN (@RoadMN) June 1, 2026
CBS 60 Minutes Ratings - 2000 to 202660 Minutes has declined for over two decades as viewing habits have changed.The 2025–2026 season under @BariWeiss, it averaged 9.1 million viewers, a 9% increase.So much for @ScottPelley’s claim that she’s “murdering” the show. pic.twitter.com/xMSBGpEX0z
Reporting on the Mirror – CBS NEWS
Maybe admitting you were unsupervised is not the flex you think it is.
Maybe admitting you were unsupervised is not the flex you think it is.
In the wake of all the furor at CBS News, a group of pompous media eggheads, most of them alums of 60 Minutes, signed onto a letter sent to the new network boss, David Ellison. (That Dan Rather is the most prominent name seen is simply hilarious.) The content of the letter – much like the pompous comments by Scott Pelley yesterday – sounds trenchant and important, but then whithers under examination. To wit:
“We, the undersigned, urge you and your management team at CBS News to uphold the principle of editorial independence that has made ‘60 Minutes’ — in the........