JLRed

Former reporter. Free speech advocate. Writer, author. Former Affirmative Action/EEOC Officer. Truth seeker. BA Journalism. No DMs.

[JLRed @JLRed5]

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[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

I asked @SharylAttkisson if she would return to CBS News if Bari Weiss asked her to:

“I did get a call about a year ago asking about my availability for a leadership role at CBS, CNN, Washington Post, Berkley School of Graduate Journalism, and ABC… The corporate executive level, not the newsroom, [wants] to tug their organizations back closer to the middle. They know they have a problem.

But as I told the person I was speaking to about these opportunities, this is going to take somebody - I hope Bari Weiss can do it - that can stand up and get the support. Internally, she is [being] murdered symbolically by those who don’t want to change. She’s got to stand firm and continue to get the support of the higher-ups despite the publicity that will be generated against her and everything else. That’s a tough job.

I would love to do stories for 60 Minutes in some capacity if I weren't committed to something else... I think it will survive."

[JLRed @JLRed5]

People who are ideologically entrenched often believe that any views different from theirs are false, morally reprehensible and ignorant. The problem is one can’t be an excellent journalist with that mindset. Reporters have to be able to identify their own bias, to regularly steel man opposing mainstream views, have curiosity and willingness to explore other perspectives—and have the humility to know they can occasionally be wrong. Trust in media has plummeted in part because media can be biased and misleading. Presenting the nuances, layers, complexities and competing views in 60 Minutes stories might restore trust in the outlet among those who stopped watching.

[JLRed @JLRed5]

@AngoraGoatLady Correction—Federal law doesn’t prohibit doctors from conducting a full physical on Medicare patients, but Medicare doesn’t cover the exams.

[JLRed @JLRed5]

Don’t know how old you are but once a person is on Medicare they don’t get full body checkups. Medicare doesn’t cover them, just annual wellness visits. Federal law prohibits doctors from performing a full physical exam. Seems insane or cruel to prohibit a full physical exam, but that’s government healthcare for you. https://t.co/n7dqtrGSo8

[JLRed @JLRed5]

@JedScott2752 @AngoraGoatLady I stand corrected. I should have said—Federal law prohibits Medicare from paying for full body physicals.

[Greg Scott @gregsandiego]

@JLRed5 @brianstelter Agreed. This idea that these are irreplaceable rare talents seems like a major exaggeration.
The on-air talent has a whole team to work with.

[JLRed @JLRed5]

No, they didn’t ask Pelley to inject falsehoods. Notice he gave no concrete examples. It’s just an allegation based on his belief, not fact. Weiss and new management asked him to include other perspectives. Pelley is so entrenched in political ideology he believes only his perspective is intelligent, moral and the “truth.” His job isn’t to be the arbiter of truth. Reporters need to present the nuances, complexities, and layers of issues and that means including opinions they might not agree with. https://t.co/Q4oXwr9C0Z

[JLRed @JLRed5]

@JoeConchaTV 😂🤣

[JLRed @JLRed5]

Weiss didn’t ask Pelley to put falsehoods into his work. She asked him to include opposing perspectives. Pelley thinks only his views are “truth.” He displayed contempt for those not thinking as he does—and those viewers stopped watching. The willingness to present the layers, complexities, nuances and differing perspectives into a piece is true journalism. Pelley became entrenched in one ideological view, believing all other perspectives to be “false,” and thus lost his ability to be objective, curious and humble. https://t.co/Q4oXwr9C0Z

[JLRed @JLRed5]

Scott Pelley is not the arbiter of truth and neither is 60 Minutes nor MSNOW. I’m hoping this issue will put a spotlight on the ugly political sectarianism in newsrooms everywhere. Media needs to stop preaching. Stop disrespecting viewers who have different perspectives. Stop telling us what to think. Stop refusing to present all perspectives. A major reason TV news is no longer trusted is because of the bias, lack of objectivity, and seething contempt newsrooms project to those Americans who dint vote as they do. The nuances, complexities and layers of issues require that true journalists present all sides —even perspectives they don’t agree with or like. A very wise journalism professor taught us in advanced reporting to identify our own bias, and then conduct 2-3x the research on opposite views. https://t.co/Q4oXwr9C0Z

[JLRed @JLRed5]

Howie, many of us have found legacy media personalities to have shifted from true journalists into ideologues who lecture us, moralize against us, and tell us our perspectives aren’t worth reporting. Pelley is the poster child for that. Weiss asks him to present all views and he throws a public tantrum—because he believes only his views are the truth. When reporters are so entrenched in one side’s ideology that they balk at covering all perspectives, journalism suffers. We mourn when 60 Minutes reported all sides—the nuances, the complexities, the layers of issues, when they exposed corruption wherever it originated. That’s the journalism we’re not getting from broadcast TV news. It’s one reason trust has plummeted and viewership has plunged. Why won’t you tell that story, how the mindset of political sectarianism is killing legacy media? Bari Weiss is not the villain. https://t.co/Q4oXwr9C0Z

[JLRed @JLRed5]

What you are describing, Mike, is political sectarianism, a growing and bigoted mindset that has infected many people in our country. It is characterized by othering (censoring, vilifying, dehumanizing, canceling, shunning), avarice and moralization against people simply because they don’t share one’s political views. Just as we should not discriminate against those who don’t look, worship or love as we do, neither should we discriminate against fellow Americans who merely don’t vote as we do. describing

[JLRed @JLRed5]

Weiss wants more objective journalism from 60 Minutes correspondents. That’s not asking them to lie, it’s asking them to present various perspectives on issues. I think the tragedy of Scott Pelley is that he was so entrenched in ideology it took ahold of him, became his identity. Protecting his identity became more important than exploring other sides to the stories he reported. And scrutinizing all sides of issues fairly is precisely what objective journalism is all about. When that ability is compromised by political entrenchment, a journalist can no longer be objective. Because for a deeply entrenched individual to present anything that doesn't support their identity/tribe, feels like a moral failing, feels like lying, feels like betraying what they feel is the only truth. Such a person finds it difficult to even whisper what other perspectives are, because to them it gives what they consider “falsehoods” a bit of legitimacy. Those fully entrenched in ideology believe any viewpoints not aligned with theirs are immoral, ignorant and false. Anyone that entrenched is incapable of objective news reporting. Before Weiss, Pelley was surrounded by a like-minded circle of people as entrenched as he is, so he wasn’t challenged to present the complexities, nuances and layers of issues. The lack of challenges further reinforced his political sectarianism—until Weiss and new management required more objectivity. Because he feels his views are the truth, the whole truth and the only truth, he likely truly believes he was asked to report falsehoods. This would make a great case study for J schools across the land.

[JLRed @JLRed5]

@JedScott2752 @AngoraGoatLady

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@JedScott2752 @AngoraGoatLady

[JLRed @JLRed5]

Excellent article. I think the tragedy of Scott Pelley is that he was so entrenched in ideology it took ahold of him, became his identity. Protecting his identity became more important than exploring other sides to the stories he reported. And scrutinizing all sides of issues fairly is precisely what objective journalism is all about. When that ability is compromised by political entrenchment, a journalist can no longer be objective. Because for a deeply entrenched individual to present anything that doesn't support their identity/tribe, feels like a moral failing, feels like lying, feels like betraying what they feel is the only truth. Such a person finds it difficult to even whisper what other perspectives are, because to them it gives what they consider “falsehoods” a bit of legitimacy. Those fully entrenched in ideology believe any viewpoints not aligned with theirs are immoral, ignorant and false. Anyone that entrenched is incapable of objective news reporting. Pelley was surrounded by a like-minded circle of people as entrenched as he is, so he wasn’t challenged to present the complexities, nuances and layers of issues. The lack of challenges further reinforced his political sectarianism—until Weiss and new management “audited him.” Because he feels his views are the truths, the whole truth and the only truth, he likely truly believes he was asked to report falsehoods. This would make a great case study for J schools across the land.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

The Pelley Firing Is Not a Free-Press Tragedy. It’s an Autopsy.

https://t.co/ewvRiCHRW3

[JLRed @JLRed5]

I was forced to get the swine flu shot by my company and ended up with a vaccine injury requiring medical intervention. It was pulled shortly after that with full disclosures about an uptick In Guillain Barre syndrome. What a difference with the Covid vaccine. CDC hid that the shot could cause rare myocarditis in young men and told us the vaccine would stop transmission even when they knew neither the Pfizer nor Moderna vaccine trials were evaluated for their ability to stop transmission, only tested to see if severe symptoms would be lessened. Money obviously corrupted Public Health and impacted media ethics.

[JLRed @JLRed5]

@BrentScher I didn’t know much about him before this. Can’t say I regret it after reading his words and watching some clips.

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

He’s the President of the United States — not your ex, not your personal villain, and not the cause of your misery. You don’t have to support him. That’s America.

But if someone is simply backing the sitting President and it makes you rage, cut people off, attack families, or act like garbage — you are the problem.

You’ve turned politics into a personality disorder: nonstop outrage and toddler meltdowns online. Grow up. He won. The sky didn’t fall. Pay your bills, care for your family, touch grass, and move on.

[Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck]

Exactly the right tone from Bari Weiss: “I'm only interested in working in a newsroom that is built on trust and mutual respect. We cannot do our work without it. That foundation was broken on Monday...We did not want that to happen, but that's the path that he chose.”