“Ellison’s pronouncements that CBS News needs to move more to the political center has led to the perception that the network is trying to placate Trump with more positive news coverage, even as “60 Minutes” has remained tough with its White House reporting.
“60 Minutes” has been under pressure since October 2024, when Trump filed a $20-billion lawsuit against CBS over an interview conducted with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. That suit was settled to clear the regulatory path for Skydance Media’s acquisition of Paramount.
Paramount also has faced blowback over the decision by CBS to cancel its Trump-bashing late-night host Stephen Colbert ahead of the FCC approval of its merger with Skydance Media.
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From a business standpoint, “60 Minutes” is a curious target for a revamp. The program is one of the most profitable hours on the CBS prime-time schedule while retaining its status as television’s most prestigious journalism operation.
While the ratings for “60 Minutes” get a boost from a lead-in from high-rated late-afternoon NFL games, it remains one of the few network shows that viewers make an appointment to watch. The program’s ad revenue, which research firm iSpot pegged at $67.5 million in 2025, has remained steady in recent years even as traditional TV continues to lose ground to streaming.
But Weiss believes the “60 Minutes” brand name has to do more than just draw a big audience on Sunday night, a point she stressed in her note to staff that was obtained by The Times.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/bari-weiss-shakes-60-minutes-162640079.html
Gavin Newsom Thinks America Has a Trust Problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqcbRkIWbU
The Trump administration is using dishonest legal tactics to get away with their crusade to gather the medical records of transgender children.
A biased judge defying the law out of ideology or/and partisan bias, is helping the Trump administration and weakening America’s rule of law.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_bl71wDqSs
Texas put a lot of police in schools to combat mass shootings. As a result, police are enforcing routine student discipline, sometimes violently.
Trump is using the power of the government to attack the person who successfully sued Trump for sexually abusing her.
Scores of people were fired for making critical comments of Charlike Kirk or celebrating his murder. Conservatives said they wanted radical free-speech, and yet they hardly speak out about this like they did about rude protests on college campuses during speeches. The disingenuousness and hypocrisy is amazing.
One woman was fired for making a private Facebook post that said, “If you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can’t be friends”. I’m not a fan of that kind of attitude. But, it isn’t a reason to fire someone from their job. She was fired because people complained and demanded she be let go…her employer gave in to an anti-free speech mob. I thought only the woke left did this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTT6deD9z0
A great strategic advantage that the US has traditionally had over China is that the US had many allies and partners. Recently, the US has been undermining this great strategic advantage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISw7pzKhqtI
In Iran, Trump is unlikely to achieve anything better than Obama got in his Iran-deal.
Cuban officials may be open to a Venezuela-like deal, but US domestic politics would not support it. Too many in the US want the Cuban regime completely gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYWquzpekk
Trump has been brazenly enriching himself and his family with his presidential powers. His base doesn’t care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zb7oJPYwlw
Secretary of Defense Hegseth is inviting US military men and women to commit war crimes. “no matter what” he and Trump will have their back. No matter what? Part of being a professional in any profession is that you have ethics and rules, and if you act unethically, your leadership expects you to be punished or/and removed from your profession.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4j77ZlhE0
Some companies use regulations to their advantage. They beat companies that are obeying the spirit of the law, by finding a loophole that absolutely destroys the spirit of the law, but technically, can be argued to follow the rule of the law. Cheating companies have a competitive advantage and the nice guys finish last.
This strategy is aided by weak regulators.
Sometimes this is bad because the regulation fails to prevent the harm it was supposed to stop. Other times it is good because the regulation was preventing new and disruptive ideas from flourishing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q37yxPUAC24
The writer of the Book of Revelations was advocating for things that went starkly against what Jesus himself is purported to have said.
One of the reasons Revelations was included in the Bible was because it could be used to argue for the Trinity.
Revelations was written to specific Christians who felt that they were being persecuted by the Roman Empire, and it was promising that the good Christians would triumph and God would punish the persecutors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QVZsWjtis