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
Here's our video of the explosion at Launch Complex 36. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket.
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Max: “He estado conduciendo distintos tipos de autos, y el fin de semana pasado (Nürburgring) me recordó lo puro y grandioso que el automovilismo puede ser, y luego regresas a F1… Incluso si nos dieras un auto rentado les daríamos un gran show, no es eso. Para mí es confuso, no es lo que F1 debería ser, es muy complicado, que está permitido, cuando estás adelante o atrás, en la vuelta de formación… todo eso es una pena que tengamos que lidiar con eso. F1 debería ser más pura. Y espero que los cambios que hagan el año siguiente sean lo mínimo necesario para volverlo más natural.”
GRÍTALO MAX
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22 years ago today, May 24, 2004, the Sopranos cast members presented David Letterman’s Top 10 category - “Things Never Before Said On The Sopranos”.
“I Just Whacked Myself”.
A Life-Changing Traffic Stop
In Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Deputy Shawn Singleton pulled over Katelyn Ricchini for speeding. Instead of a ticket, he gave her a warning and showed kindness.
She broke down, revealing she was four months sober, fleeing an abusive relationship, and fighting to regain custody of her 6-year-old son from Maryland.
The deputy hugged her as she cried. Months later, Katelyn was 10 months sober, employed, and reunited with her son Isaiah — crediting the officer’s compassion for helping save her life.
In 1998, the United States achieved its first federal budget surplus in 29 years, effectively ending a streak of deficits that had lasted since 1969.
This milestone was achieved under President Bill Clinton, following the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which resulted in a fiscal surplus of approximately $69 billion for that year.
“They’re 13-2 with teams in the AL East, and they’re not afraid of the New York Yankees”
@DTrainMLB talks about the Rays leading the Yankees by 5.5 games in the division