Asher

It’s still all power to all the people ✊🏽

[Asher @asher_ali6]

I started my substack journey off with a lot of words about an inning and 2/3rds of work from one of baseball’s slowest pitchers.

https://t.co/uDPlaVRSZF

[The Associated Press @AP]

Somali referee Omar Artan, the only World Cup referee from Somalia, won’t officiate in the World Cup after being denied entry into the United States. https://t.co/Viyp3VhFVA

[Colin Salao @colincsalao]

ICYMI: The NBA Finals broadcast will no longer air moving portraits made with AI tools, a source told @FOS.

ABC aired several altered images in Game 1, most notably one of Spurs legend Tony Parker.

More ⬇️
https://t.co/4Tht8CdUyA

[Steve Popper @StevePopper]

@Rebound14196658 Yes. First time all season no pregame locker room access for media.

[Asher @asher_ali6]

People say I don’t consume conservative media.
I love MLB Network.

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

James Dolan invited his friend Donald Trump to watch Game 3. In order to do that, they have to ban the organic, historically joyous parties happening outside MSG for fans who can't afford to be inside. Modern sports in a nutshell

[Asher @asher_ali6]

@RhettBollinger Or you know, you could rest more because your team isn’t going anywhere and there’s no need to put unnecessary strain on the body and risk greater problems down the line.

[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

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

#BREAK: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract.

[Asher @asher_ali6]

@CombatUTC Look at this! A good Herb Dean stoppage

[Asher @asher_ali6]

Scott Pelley received applause from his colleagues in the room after the meeting was over, per this report.
That's as telling as it gets

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley laced into the show’s new executive producer and accused Bari Weiss of "murdering" the program. https://t.co/v7Bi6oaKfy

[Asher @asher_ali6]

@MLBNow Jake Bauers

[Asher @asher_ali6]

@PeterAppel23 Especially taunting Liberty

[Asher @asher_ali6]

He could fix the Angels

[Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB]

Another day. Another 110 EV for Vahn Lackey. 20 on the year. 468 feet. Hitting some absolutely nukes this weekend.

[jack @Jolly_Olive]

The worst one-and-done ballot in the history of Cooperstown.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Trump bought stock in the UFC’s parent company while promoting fights set to take place at the White House on his birthday, HuffPost has learned https://t.co/giO1zkDIGV

[Asher @asher_ali6]

This happened the same day Harambe died

[Asher @asher_ali6]

This week has been defined by The Smiths, and Paris, Texas (the movie)

[Erik Magraken @erikmagraken]

“Pay more? We don’t even know if our fighters are any good!”

[Ten Thutty @thenotoryousone]

The last survivor from the famous A Great Day in Harlem picture 🙏🏾

[Asher @asher_ali6]

I really can’t stand Jaylin Williams (Jalen Williams is cool tho)