Pompous Pelley Appears, Claims Weiss Wants to ‘Destroy’ 60 Minutes
Fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley recently appeared at an event to reminisce about his time at CBS and his infamous crashout and subsequent firing from CBS’s Sunday night magazine show. In an interview labeled a “fireside chat,” Pelley continued his complaints about changes to 60 Minutes, including its new executive producer, and claimed the changes were only made by someone…
Thin-Skinned: Darcy Peddles Latest CBS Drama Over Anti-Israel Stories
Status founder Oliver Darcy and his cadre of petulant children masquerading as anonymous CBS News staffers have found something else to complain about vis-à-vis editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and her top lieutenants, leading to more threats of quitting by longtime correspondents (with it this time being Lesley Stahl and Holly Williams).
60 Minutes Hits Israel Over West Bank, Implies Dems Will End Violence
The newest edition of 60 Minutes on Sunday proved once again that the show has not changed much under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, even after a media freakout over changes to the Sunday magazine show. Longtime correspondent Lesley Stahl went after Israel over settlers in the West Bank and connected her story back to the midterm elections while implying the problems in Israel would end…
New 60 Minutes Fears For Democracy With Outgoing GOP Senator Tillis
The newest episode of the “revamped” 60 Minutes on Sunday featured an interview with outgoing Republican Senator Thom Tillis, a vocal critic of some Trump Administration activities during the second term, to promote his new book titled How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents. Near the end of the interview, which focused on Tillis’ disagreements with Trump and dislike of cabinet…
60 Minutes Premiere Continues Liberal Framing in Iran, Pardon Stories
On Sunday, after changes to 60 Minutes by new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, which was paired with liberal fears over the show becoming pro-Trump, the first stories of the newest season of the supposed new-look show still continued to showcase the program’s liberal bias. The opening story of the season focused on the rescue mission of U.S. fighter pilots during the Iran War, but…
Theater Kid Absurdity: Fired ‘60 Minutes’ Producer Pens EPIC Meltdown
Former CBS’s 60 Minutes managing producer Guy Campanile took to Facebook Tuesday with what he probably thought was a 570-word tour de force denouncing what he views as lying, partisan, and unprincipled new management, led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton.
60 Minutes Aired 5x More Lib Stories in 6 Seasons Than Conservative
Following months of tumult over CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’s hiring of executive producer Nick Bilton and firing of top on-air talent Sharyn Alfonsi, Scott Pelley, and Cecilia Vega (and behind the camera), CBS’s 60 Minutes premieres a new season Sunday on the heels of a NewsBusters analysis that found, over the past six seasons, their political stories have skewed heavily to the left…
Darcy MELTS DOWN Over CBS Story on El-Sayed’s Deleted 9/11 Tweets
In their collective Trump Derangement, the Elitist Media will grab and hold on to anything they can in order to claw their way back to Regime Media in service of Democrats in power. Most egregious of these are the Hall Monitor subset, who will seemingly defend anyone and anything standing opposite a Republican.
Grow Up! More Leaks to Darcy Hit ’60 Minutes’ Ahead of Premiere
Status’s Oliver Darcy uncorked more tiresome, whiny laments Thursday night about the state of CBS’s 60 Minutes ahead of season 59’s September 13 premiere – helmed by new boss Nick Bilton – with one anonymous staffer telling him the state of preparations as so far behind it’s become a “five-alarm fire.”
Couric Gives Near-Failing Grade to Press, Whines About Bezos, Weiss
Former CBS and NBC anchor-turned-far-left quack Katie Couric sat down for a print interview released Sunday with Oliver Darcy’s website Status in which she claimed that “trust” in the legacy press has declined because of “corporate ownership” from the likes of David Ellison at CBS and Jeff Bezos at The Washington Post. She also gave the broadcast networks a “D” grade for their ability to take…
Bozell on Timcast IRL: Why Americans No Longer Trust Legacy Media
Why do so many Americans feel compelled to consult multiple news outlets just to uncover the full story? That question was at the heart of Media Research Center President David Bozell’s appearance on Timcast IRL with Tim Pool on Friday night, where they engaged in a wide-ranging discussion on the growing crisis of trust in the media, the role of ideological bias in shaping news coverage, and…
Vega Says She’s ‘Scared’ to Talk About ‘Stitches’ Left by CBS Firing
Former CBS’s 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega came off like an eye-roll-inducing drama lama on Thursday night in her first set of extended comments since she was fired on May 28 as part of reshuffling inside the liberal newsmagazine, insisting “the stitches” are “still fresh’ and she’s “scared to be talking” given what’s “at stake” for the press in America.
Bozell Joins Dana Loesch to Discuss JD Vance on ‘The View’
Media Research Center President David Bozell joined The Dana Show with Dana Loesch on Wednesday afternoon to discuss Vice President JD Vance’s recent appearance on ABC’s “The View” and CBS’s Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss potentially taking editorial control over CNN, along with Scott Pelley’s “press tour” following his firing from 60 Minutes.
POMPOSITY OVERLOAD: Here Are the Big Moments From Pelley’s NYT Sitdown
Apparently, the bravest, most important man in America, fired CBS journalist Scott Pelley, sat down for an interview with New York Times podcast host Lulu Garcia-Navarro that aired Sunday (and taped Friday). It was a tour de force in rancorous arrogance and legendary levels of main character syndrome as he denied believing his semi-public berating of 60 Minutes boss Nick Bilton and CBS editor-…
