Chuck Wendt

Spokane funeral preplanning at Riplinger Funeral Home and Fairmount Memorial Cemeteries. Papa, Dad, husband. Mariners, Seahawks, Gonzaga, WSU!

[Chuck Wendt @chuck_wendt]

@espn @ESPNCFB Big 10 gets more time! BS

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Former President Barack Obama teared up during the speech his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, delivered at the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening ceremony in Chicago Thursday.

"Barack, there are no words to express how proud I am of the way you showed up and continue to show up every single day," she said. "It has been an honor to be by your side."

[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

[Mike Vorel @mikevorel]

That Cole Young-Colt Emerson middle infield is going to be good for a long time.

[Shannon Drayer @shannondrayer]

Ridiculous.

[Washington State Baseball @wsucougarbsb]

The Cougs are Mountain West Champs!

#GoCougs | #MadeOfCrimson

[CougCenter @CougCenter]

WE’RE GOING DANCING! https://t.co/z5a4gpjvol

[MLB @MLB]

Ever seen a pickoff like this?

Josh Naylor fooled the runner before getting the out! 🤯

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

Ichiro forever.

イチローは永遠

[Chuck Wendt @chuck_wendt]

@BobStelton Missing

[Theo Lawson @TheoLawson_SR]

"Where I come from, a little tiny town of Oregon, it wasn’t a dream come true. You couldn’t possibly dream of something like this happening."

More on #Gonzaga coach Mark Few's Naismith Hall of Fame induction becoming official earlier today.

https://t.co/9Dxy4R0PkE

[COUGFANcom @CougfanCOM]

Kids clinic underway on a beautiful day in the Spokane Area #GoCougs #Wazzu

[Mariners PR @MarinersPR]

The @Mariners pitching staff ranks among the top 5 in @MLB in ERA (3rd, 2.68), WHIP (3rd, 0.88), SO/BB (2nd, 4.89) and SO/9 (5th, 10.70).

⚾️: 6:38 p.m. PT
📺: https://t.co/NkKQyoFn0c
📻: @SeattleSports
📝: https://t.co/tnH4U8rv11

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

OMG KELLEN THAMES 😱

#MarchMadness @SaintLouisMBB

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Robert Mueller was an American hero, whose distinguished service to our country spanned a lifetime. Marine officer and decorated combat veteran; revered prosecutor and arguably the greatest FBI director in history.
A model of integrity.
RIP
https://t.co/3oUzLgbcmk via @NYTimes

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

Same goal, new chapter. It all starts tomorrow.

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

Baseball is blooming ⚾🌵

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

The new guy is here 👋

Welcome, Brendan! #TridentsUp

[Conor Friedersdorf @conor64]

A literally extra-ordinary statement by Bill Clinton.