John Bobel - EOC

Kinda Somewhat Semi-Retired Emergency Management Public Information Officer-Palladin PIO - PIO/Emergency Social Media Educator

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This is David Ellison's "60 Minutes" now. Bari Weiss directed the housecleaning, and Nick Bilton signed the letter telling Scott Pelley he was fired, but the Paramount CEO owns the decisions and the disconcerting fallout. Some new reporting here: https://t.co/N031BVbhMU

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: Donald Trump calls JB Pritzker a “dumb, stupid slob.”

Just a reminder that JB Pritzker just balanced the Illinois budget with a $0 deficit AND has signed relief for groceries and gas.

Trump is a 5th grade bully who apparently needs to look in the mirror.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Don Lemon: “Bari Weiss is murdering CBS News. She’s helping to murder and end journalism and the First Amendment and she should be very aware of that especially as someone who owned a news organization called The Free Press”

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

According to @CGasparino: "When CBS News Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has a big, tough decision to make, she runs it by her boss, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison this way: “What’s your tolerance for pain?”

Ellison’s answer, almost invariably I am told by people close to the matter, can be summed up in one word: “High.”

https://t.co/hVRzXcPdnA

[NWS Jackson KY @nwsjacksonky]

Nearby high pressure will keep skies mostly clear through the first part of the weekend. An approaching cold front will then bring a return of rain chances to the area late Saturday night into Sunday. Temperatures generally trend warmer each day through Saturday. #kywx #ekywx

[Michael M. Grynbaum @grynbaum]

Bill Owens, who resigned last year as EP of '60 Minutes,' said in a speech just now that his former colleagues at the program "were fired by people who don’t even know what we do."

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley on being fired: “I have been in combat in Afghanistan. I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.”
https://t.co/LYNUy96E8l

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley tells me that Bari Weiss's behavior "was cold and callous and beneath the dignity of CBS News." w/ @grynbaum

https://t.co/LYNUy96E8l

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments."

Pretty important part of the story. Maybe *the* most important part. CBS = new Fox

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley’s full statement: “The waste is heartbreaking.”

https://t.co/EX2IinuLlv

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley’s Firing: ‘That’s the Path That He Chose.’ New, with @grynbaum
https://t.co/v37Saio719

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning:

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Some guy named Nick Bilton serving an audience of 1 (Bari) service an audience of 1 (Ellison) serving an audience of 1 (Trump). This is how oligarch-authoritarian takeover of media happens

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

JUST IN. The veteran journalist previously said editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is “murdering ‘60 Minutes.’” https://t.co/ZFs41GgIcA

[TheWrap @TheWrap]

Scott Pelley was terminated from “60 Minutes” Tuesday evening, hours after the longtime correspondent met with CBS News leadership to discuss Monday’s clash.

“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear,” “60 Minutes” executive producer Bilton wrote in a letter sent to Pelley.

More: https://t.co/LvYZ4VdP6L

Photo: Getty Images

[Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports]

CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer https://t.co/QPDP7guvRv

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

https://t.co/BCPNqSKDjW

[Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social @TrumpDailyPosts]

🚨BOOM! The U.S. just bombed a key Iranian island.

This is a major escalation.

Trump is not playing games with the mullahs and they’re finding out.

Things are heating up fast.

HT @JesseBWatters

[Matthew Belloni @MattBelloni]

“For cause.” Here come the lawyers….