Jimmy Treacy

Sports reporter/anchor at WSAZ

[Jimmy Treacy @JimmyTreacy]

@zklemmeHD at what point does someone seriously talk about changing this format?

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

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@PaulPabst I could sit there and have a few brews

[Kevin Colley @KColleyPDTSE]

FINAL/9

Wheelersburg 7

Tusky Valley 6

Makenzie Mullens, FOR THE WIN!!!

Burg to the FINAL FOUR for the 5th time in 6 years!

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

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@weekley Grits…never had em…never will

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@zklemmeHD single elimination sounds like a great idea huh?

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@joebrowvm the fog is getting thicker........

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@SA_HS_Baseball beats Pt. Pleasant 7-0 and are heading back to the state tournament. Here are the highlights @WSAZnews @KeithMorehouse https://t.co/Mu2TfnIUMk

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@SA_HS_Baseball "State" Albans...using that tonight on WSAZ

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@SLessard Vintage KISS
The Police (Synchronicity)
Van Halen 1984
Motley Crue
DMB (multiple times)
Tears for Fears
Zac Brown band
Journey
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Metallica at Layne Stadium EPIC

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@ripley_baseball shuts out HHHS and are heading back to the state tournament. Here are the highlights from the 10-0 win @WSAZnews @KeithMorehouse https://t.co/gJXXSdXZDf

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@baseballskins22 gets dramatic win over @cmknightsbasebl with a pair of HR's from @tylerbaxter24 and a berth in the state tourney. Here are the highlights and postgame reaction @WSAZnews @KeithMorehouse @WSAZannabaxter https://t.co/ngXyXj5zpj

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@LHSCatsbsebll Game still on?

[Hoppy Kercheval @HoppyKercheval]

This week's commentary: Trump plays his get-out-of-jail-free card. https://t.co/WslpgNU7bA

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@BradMcElhinny @HoppyKercheval Rrrriiiigggghhhhttttt

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Shout out to the guy on the porch who watched this entire scenario unfold and just sat there.

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@cgatorwade old school Sportscenter and Carson

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@Blazer_High_Ath let us know when you are final...thx

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@sportsturtle11 they still gonna try to start at 5?