Veteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews
Pelley criticized the new leadership at CBS, adding: “Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.”
He continued: “For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.
“Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”
Cyberattacks and information warfare on a massive scale. Coordinated catfishing and social engineering efforts to expose and ruin MAGA lives. Cut off contact with complicit family members and acquaintances. Want to do a cute little “no kings” parade? Fine- do them on loading docks and at airports. Disrupt work in key areas. Industrial and corporate sabotage. Denial of employment. Denial of services.
And be clear about the fact that this is the STARTING point and you WILL escalate.
And oh, hey- you’re literally sitting on a pile of decorated generals, heads of intelligence and national security agency leaders who have been forced out by Trump for insufficiently licking boot or have resigned in protest of Trump.
Mark Milley
CQ Brown
H.R. McMaster
Jim Mattis
Meroe Park
Dan Coats
Joseph Maguire
Jeffrey Kruse
Alexander Vindman
Tim Haugh
Milton Sands
John Kelly
Lisa Franchetti
Where are these cowards? A few are clowning around on social media. If you won’t do anything and these people won’t stand up, you’re absolutely fucked