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Scott Willey's avatar

One of the things I just don't get is how CBS or 60 minutes will ever regain their credibility. The entire reason that 60 minutes exists used to be that it was willing to speak truth to power. Now that it has shown itself too cowardly to do so, it serves absolutely no purpose. I'm sure CBS, just like the Washington Post, will continue to do some good work. But they have shredded all the trust the 60 minutes viewer ever had. Network news has been in sharp decline and I used to care. Now it's good riddance, and to hell with you.

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Ian Coletti's avatar

Time for legacy media to go out to the pasture. Roll on independent media!

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Kristi K's avatar

💯

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Davidicus's avatar

I think that perhaps destroying the credibility of ALL news outlets is the point. When a population loses touch with reality beyond their front doors, they become malleable. When you can’t trust anyone at all, the bigs - as I call them - can do whatever they want. They don’t need your faith, they just need your fear and inability to act independently.

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Davidicus's avatar

They don’t need to be able to tell you what to believe, they just need to be able to tell you what to do and when to do it .

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Scott Willey's avatar

I agree that this is what Trump wants. It's frustrating that CBS doesn't seem to know what is ultimately in their own best interest. Perhaps it DOES make sense if you assume they don't really care about the credibility of their news operation. Much more money to be made elsewhere, I suppose.

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Cristian Salazar's avatar

The Trump administration has been installing friendlies to run all the major media. Next up? CNN.

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The Mitz's avatar

Its apparent purpose is protecting child rapists. Odd.

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Dan Cobb's avatar

You make a very good point.

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Steven Kaganove's avatar

The major purpose of MAGA is to speak power to truth.

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Jeff Clabault's avatar

To hell with CBS and the same goes for Trump and his sadistic, inhuman MAGA cabal. America- have we seen enough?

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Flora Castro's avatar

Thank you.

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Deborah L Steinmetz's avatar

Thanks for publishing this link.

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No Man's avatar

The fact that CBS pulled the report is the issue. It was decision based on politics. Apparently, the president has power over what is aired and that is frightening and concerning for Americans.

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John's avatar

“frightening and concerning for Americans” FFS. The sky is falling again isn’t it. Go hide

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Dan Cobb's avatar

This is a disgrace to anyone with any sense of humanity. I've worked in prisons and never saw anything remotely close to this.

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Bobbie Pitkin's avatar

It IS a disgrace. To treat another human being like that is absolutely reprehensible. Kristi Noem and her cohorts will pay, but certainly not soon enough.

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Janet Sobel's avatar

Thank you. I am 82, on SS, and trying not to move from my city, which is one of the top most expensive places in the country. I'm not rich because I have never chosen to be rich. However, the downside is that I don't have a lot of money to support good works like yours. Thank you for letting me read without having to pay.

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Diane Lee's avatar

Sending blessings to you Janet, may only good things come your way. 🙏💙🕊️

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frankie carl's avatar

Thank god someone recorded this! Thank you for sharing it.

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Phil De Luca's avatar

How much would I LIKE to see Trump locked in one of these cells for just one week. And Christy Noem and Blondi and Patel and Vance and Homan and BOVE and Little Mikie and Comer and Jim Jordan and Cruz and Scott and Hessert and Trump Jr and Eric and Lutnick and Musk and VOIGHT. Maybe I missed a few but locked in same exact conditions. JUST for one week. Plus regular beating and pulling on their private parts. Identical conditions. JUST for one week. I'd think that we could build a duplicate facility like COCET. Same walls, cells, bunks? stacked four levels high. Drink same water that you bathe in and toilet in. 100%. forget impeachment. JUST put all of Trump, Vance and his cabinet in. Plus a few good GOP congressmen.

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Diane Lee's avatar

Nah, a week is far too short..... make it a MONTH so they can really get the flavor of what they do to others.

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Jill Kershaw's avatar

Thank heavens for the Canadian who recorded this! 🇨🇦

This needs to be shown over and over. We cannot become numb to what is being done with American tax payer dollars, in the name of the American people, and in flagrant opposition to our Constitution.

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Chuck's avatar

I studied about this in my high school - it was Nazi Germany - I am reminded of a comment I heard a decade ago - "I am shocked at what no longer shocks me."

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Cindy M's avatar

Thank you. Trump's cruelty knows no boundaries. And his power over our media is terrifying.

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shazza007's avatar

Thank you for making this available.

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Melanie's avatar

Thank you for putting this up!!!

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John Thomas's avatar

Ok, but how does that excuse Bari Weiss’s caving to the administration? She’s a spineless toady, which is a tad ironic since she often accuses others of that very shortcoming.

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Ken Creary's avatar

She was put there to do exactly that. She’s not caving - it’s her job to squash anything the regime dislikes.

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Douglas Trapasso's avatar

I'm still unsure what bothers me more about Weiss: Her disingenuous motives or her inability to realize that spiking a story just before showtime only attracts more curiosity about it. Streisand Effect, anyone?

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Scott Thompson's avatar

It’s not the production staff, reporters, or editors of 60 Minutes that pulled this story. It’s the owner of Paramount, who is in bed with Trump and his criminal administration. Weiss is just a pawn on their game board. There’s no limit to the shame and disgraceful actions that the Trump presidencies are responsible for, all done under a waving American flag.

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