Jim Condelles

Author, former broadcast journalist. My novel, “Last Bridge to Memphis,” tells of a TV reporter and his unlikely bond with Elvis.

[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

Last Bridge to Memphis: An Alternate-History Thriller https://t.co/iuGUyiYV5C #Amazon via @Amazon

Are you ready to take care of business?

[Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation]

Ted Turner built CNN as an act of defiance because he believed fearless 24/7 independent journalism was oxygen for our democracy,” his grandson Seydel said. “He would see what’s happening right now — larger and larger acquisitions; ‘60 Minutes’ hollowed; Dan Rather and hundreds of journalists around the world writing letters for editorial independence to be preserved and the First Amendment right for speech, especially for our storytellers, to be protected.”

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Breaking:

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. inflation rises to highest level in three years, highlighting affordability challenge as elections nears.

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@kylegriffin1 Tell me something I don’t know.

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@DailyMemphian West Chester, PA native!

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@effthealgorithm Whoa!! It’s been a minute since I was on the air. I’m flattered!!

[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

@stengel Sure, except for the begging and pleading, which is beneath a network corespondent, and the lack of pushback on the insults, which seems to be endemic among all the national reporters.

[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

@thedailybeast And yet she stays on. It’s shameful and hypocritical. Leslie and the other correspondents can try whatever rationalization they like, but staying on IS an endorsement of the existing dictatorial management.

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@storyandplot Man, is this so true not only of the creative life, but life in general. Well said!

[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

@kwelkernbc @NBCNews @MeetThePress Instead of calling him out on his misogynist insults, you let him talk right over you while you whined about how far you traveled. I don’t care what party the interview subject belongs to, journalists are obligated to stand up for themselves and their profession. You did neither.

[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

@BulwarkOnline Broadcast companies, and newsrooms in particular, are profoundly (and ironically) undemocratic organizations. The number one by-law among managers and execs in such organizations is: “My way or the highway.”

[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

I’ve known for decades—through first-hand experience—that broadcast companies, and newsrooms in particular, are profoundly (and ironically) undemocratic organizations. The number one by-law among managers and execs in such organizations is: “My way or the highway.”

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"Pelley was not uncivil. He didn’t threaten anyone. He didn’t curse or scream. He was professionally disagreeable. Which is basically the job description for journalists. It’s the job description that Weiss herself wrote. She just didn’t mean it."
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[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

Perfect example of just how rare true courage is. This will calm nothing. @LesleyRStahl @BillWhitakerCBS @jon_wertheim made a business decision they will live to regret.

[Variety @Variety]

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim are staying at #60Minutes, potentially calming the chaotic situation that has festered at the CBS News program since the ouster of top producers and three of the program’s correspondents.

“We have decided to stay on,” the trio said in a memo Friday.

https://t.co/jVfAJK9AC4

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@NormOrnstein @MollyJongFast Yes. Can we all stop adding qualifiers to our statements and just call a thing what it is?

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@rick_sarro As you know well, Rick, in a newsroom, speaking the truth is a fireable offense. Ironic, isn’t it?

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“Fired for asking questions.” Good lord does that have a familiar ring to it.

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I stand with @ScottPelley

[Variety @Variety]

Fired "60 Minutes" journalist Scott Pelley says CBS News boss Bari Weiss is lying when she says there was an effort to "find a way back" for him.

"At no point did anyone in the meeting suggest there could be steps taken by either side that would lead to a resolution. Weiss and Tom Cibrowski were openly hostile from the start. 'Firing' was raised by Cibrowski in the first 15 seconds. No CBS executive, at any time, suggested 'a way back.' To say so now is disingenuous. And they know it. In fact, Weiss, Cibrowski and Nick Bilton refused to answer my questions. I asked Weiss a number of questions about why she fired the entire senior staff of '60 Minutes' a few days before and without cause. 'I'm not answering that question,' she said... These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for and reveals contempt for what journalists do."

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[Jim Condelles @JimCondelles]

This is universal thing. I don’t know why contractors even bother having a contact form. They never reply.

[Sam Youngman @samyoungman]

Learning a lot about the journalists who say Scott Pelley should have just kept his mouth shut and submitted.

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@nytimes Calling @LesleyRStahl @BillWhitakerCBS. Your move.