Bernard Gershon

Digital Media Strategist

[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

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@scotthar_tx @BarneysRubble0 Complete fabricated bullshit.

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@BarneysRubble0 Bullshit.

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@LauraLoomer You are a MORON!

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

What other news organization in the world has over 20-thousand employees? The @BBCWorld has been FAT for decades living off the British license fee.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

"The BBC’s news operation is to cut costs by a steeper-than-expected 15%, with staff told to expect heavy redundancies." https://t.co/3rL2uHhVWt

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@brianstelter It’s a valuable time-saving tool. Use it. What’s wrong with that? Edit as needed.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

We are ALL FAILING this country.

Donald Trump needs to be removed from office.

He should have been removed before the war started. He is mentally unwell.

Forget the Jesus pictures. Forget the Pope. We can go through hundreds of examples.

The sane washing — pretending this is normal — that's just the surface problem.

The real problem is that we have willing accomplices.

What we have in America right now is a complete failure of political elites to execute on the constitutional system that was built specifically for this moment.

We are all accomplices to this man's reckless behavior.

-Every senator who stays quiet.
-Every executive who writes the check.
-Every commentator who normalizes it.

He needs to be removed from office and he won't be.

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@cmclymer @brianstelter For example. Why hasn’t @brianstelter or @jaketapper or anyone at @CNN asked - Where are the pilots who were rescued in Iran? Why are they not being feted at the White House like Seal Team Six after the raid that killed Bin Laden? Or other soldiers or POW’s? #fake

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@brianstelter 2/2 Why was the WHCA NOT a “national security event” like EVERY SuperBowl and like the Olympics will be in LA in 28. We just killed the entire Iranian leadership - you’d think hotel guests would be screened! Ask a tough question for once!

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@brianstelter Do some real journalism @brianstelter - why don’t you find out who are the downed pilots from Iran? Why did we never get to see them or get names? In the Iraq war we interviewed everyone who got captured and released? Why was the WHCA not a “national security event” like 1/2

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Congratulations, Kaitlan!! We can't wait for @realDonaldTrump to see you receive this award! 😀

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@SenSchumer END THE SHUTDOWN. FUND TSA! I live in NYS. Will NEVER VOTE FOR YOU AGAIN! Times up #moron

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

Air Force test launches Minuteman III with multiple reentry vehicles https://t.co/3Co1XlllzG)

[Jessica S. Tisch @NYPDPC]

I always speak about the police running towards danger when everyone else runs away — that happened today.

Officers ran towards a man carrying an ignited suspicious device. They put the safety of others above their own.

Today, as always, I thank them for their noble service.

[ESPN.com.mx @ESPNmx]

"HAY QUE SENTIRSE ORGULLOSO, BENITO LE CANTÓ EN ESPAÑOL A LA FIESTA MÁS IMPORTANTE DE LOS AMERICANOS" 🥺

John Sutcliffe se puso emotivo por el mensaje de Bad Bunny en su show durante el halftime del Super Bowl LX.

Disfruta del Super Bowl x ESPN y #DisneyPlus Premium. 📺

[NYPD NEWS @NYPDnews]

Earlier this evening, members of our Scuba Team, Aviation Unit, Emergency Service Unit, and the @FDNY rescued three individuals from frozen waters in Far Rockaway.

No matter the conditions, our officers are always ready to answer the call.

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@Jason @realDonaldTrump You are Trump’s Leni Riefenstahl
- Shame on you! History will not be friendly to you.

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

@CaptFintastic @NWSWPC @grok @grok what is prediction for nyc?

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

This NYT report on how the Tate brothers escaped Romania to the U.S. is absolutely extraordinary work and a must-read easily missed. I highly recommend reading every word until the end. Note every name that supported them. And the toxicity of the activities and evidence. 1/2

[Bernard Gershon @bgershon]

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[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

Trump fires back at Elon. The online battle begins. 🍿