Gregory Richardson

Political hack for @SBDigital. Globe wanderer. Progressive. Oenophile. Petworthian. Californian by birth. Texan by choice.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

May 5th may be a day of celebration for many, with margaritas and mariachi music. For me, it serves as a reminder of the eve when I sent an email that changed my life in a way that couldn't be undone. I was filled with anger and fear and sent the meanest thing I could think of.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@LeiterIsKing @KevinGraySports Ament is absolutely not a Wemby-level talent, and the idea of Flagg being the second option to him is LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@jaredfavole Are you sure about the 400 mph? Seems slow.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

I'm sure Matt Tiabbi and Laura Loomer are on @bariweiss shortlist. "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right ..." 🤬

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

Austin-based podcaster Joe Rogan reportedly being considered for 60 Minutes role. https://t.co/Q3SOtB6qra

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@KSC_318 KG was a great defensive player who could not shut down Dirty defensively. KD would and has owned this. Game knows game.

[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

[MavsMuse @MavsMuse]

“They’ll remember June 2nd in the Dallas Mavericks franchise, FOREVER.”

15 years ago, today. The greatest comeback in NBA Finals history.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@NationMffl Pass.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@Jules31415 You both know that he doesn't, checks notes, live in Los Angeles?

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@i_zzzzzz You'd better hope that Brunson doesn't work on him to force a trade to the Knicks at the next trade deadline. 🤡

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@BartemyS @willchamberlain Sick lineup. As in it blows. Also, RFK Stadium no longer exists, hermano!

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@dealisup @TheJacobTurner Reading is fundamental @dealisup (bot).

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@PoPville This is a casserole, Dan.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@Amy_Siskind Who would have guessed that we would get a real-life version of Wally World, except it is Donnie World. "Everything Trump touches dies." - @TheRickWilson

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@AriFleischer You’re pathetic. He was born & raised in Texas. You should probably run yout mouth less Mr. NYC.

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@tedcruz Are you scared Rafael? As always, remember, nobody likes you pendejo!

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@benshapiro Tell me you are afraid of him without telling me you are afraid of him, Ben.

[Daily Wire @realDailyWire]

Talarico’s response to criticism over saying “God is nonbinary”:

“If someone’s got a problem with that statement…they should take it up with the Apostle Paul.”

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@Hero_OfThe_Day The Mavs got screwed in 2006.

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@Hero_OfThe_Day This 👇

https://t.co/sEYxBKDOX9

[Gregory Richardson @Gregzilla67]

@NationMffl Why would Ujiri go Nico 2.0?