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-…
Arrogance: Remaining ‘60 Minutes’ Journos Trash Bosses...But Will Stay
The mystery of whether the three remaining 60 Minutes correspondents – Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim – would remain at the CBS newsmagazine was solved Friday when they revealed in a joint memo displaying their aircraft carrier-sized egos that they would stay and attempt to work with CBS News editor-in-chief and new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton.
Ex-NBC Boss Rips Weiss: 'What the Hell Is Going on with This Lady?'
Appearing as a guest late Wednesday on MS NOW's The 11th Hour, former NBC News chairman Andy Lack slammed CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for her efforts to reform the 60 Minutes show, including the recent firing of Scott Pelley, displaying an almost sexist attitude toward Weiss as he imagined how 60 Minutes founder Don Hewitt might have responded.
Column: When Cowardly Journalists Abuse Anonymous Sourcing
Journalists love to proclaim that they bring transparency to democracy, but it’s far too often the exact opposite. They try to run our democracy by exploiting anonymous sources. So when Trump is president, “senior administration officials” say “he’s coming seriously unglued.” When Biden was president, “senior administration officials” say “he’s quite lucid in private meetings.” Journalists use…
PBS, Kroft Weep for ‘60 Minutes,’ Firing of Leftists Pelley, Alfonsi
Wednesday’s PBS News Hour brought on former veteran CBS 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft — the man behind a series of Obama interviews so embarrassing the MRC penned a Special Report about them — to defend the media’s self-anointed golden hour, the long-time Sunday newsmagazine which has suffered ideologically motivated convulsions and now firings of prominent journalists, most recently Scott…
Tapper Spills 14 Mins Fretting Pelley Axing, Cues Up MacFarlane, Moran
CNN’s The Lead host Jake Tapper leaned on his sanctimonious reputation late Wednesday afternoon as he devoted the first 14 minutes to huffing about CBS News firing longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for his petulant reenactment of Pickett’s Charge, thinking he could eviscerate his bosses and intimidate them in his “house.” For the second of three segments, Tapper turned to former…
CBS Evening News Gives Scott Pelley a Better Sendoff Than He Deserved
How many people can walk into their workplace, defecate on the new management, insult their new direct supervisor, and get immediately fired for cause right before getting a glowing sendoff on the way out? Well, there’s Scott Pelley, apparently, given the sendoff he just got from the CBS Evening News.
BREAKING: Scott Pelley FIRED From CBS News After ‘60 Minutes’ Crashout
Yesterday, Scott Pelley lectured his new 60 Minutes boss on how the network was “MURDERING” the Elitist Media’s most hallowed news magazine. In the process, he ended up committing career seppuku and has just been shown the door by CBS News.
Darcy Spirals, Treats Weiss’s ’60 Minutes’ Changes Like Someone Died
Status founder, liberal media hall monitor, and virulent conservative hater Oliver Darcy took to his newsletter site Thursday night to drop over 1,600 words melting down over CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’s remake of 60 Minutes by hiring author, filmmaker, and former New York Times columnist Nick Bilton as its new executive producer and jettisoning Tanya Simon, Sharyn Alfonsi, and…
