CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Veteran journalist Scott Pelley publicly accused #CBSNews of pressuring him to include unverified claims, #political #bias in his reporting after he was fired from #60minutes following clashes w new mgmt. He alleged executives instructed him to insert “falsehoods,” allowed politicians to influence interview assignments, and were undermining the program’s journalistic standards. #journalism #freepress #democracy #censorship #billionaire https://apnews.com/article/cbs-news-60-minutes-pelley-fired-db75daea29a1996f9db5e7951e6f5064

RE: https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard/116677177733288629Updated: CBS News has fired Scott Pelley over his conversation with "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton. “Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you,” Bilton wrote in a letter to Pelley seen by NBC News.https://flip.it/_tRWm3#ScottPelley #Media #CBSNews

The meeting quickly turned tense — not a surprise after months of strain between veteran journalists at “#60Minutes” & #BariWeiss, an opinion “journalist” who was a longtime critic of legacy #media institutions before she became the head of one last year. She was appointed by #DavidEllison, a tech scion who took control of #CBS’s parent company #Paramount in a multibillion-dollar merger.#journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #propaganda