Deerdude said:
It's a sad state that they have to move so far right just to achieve center.
But they likely still won't. CBS doing some ass kissing with remaining crew right now. Pelley was clearly toxic and insubordinate and clearly just wanted to go out in flames, so he gave them no choice. Meanwhile:
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The three remaining "60 Minutes" correspondentsLesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheimsaid Friday they will remain with the CBS News show.
Stahl is also insubordinate and has done it publicly now; they won't fire her. Look at this. Interference? As if they run CBS and should be able to do whatever they want? And then she slanders her boss in public like a teenager on social media.
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"We've been internally deeply distressed by the interference, and that's why it was not an easy decision for us," Stahl said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Stahl also said she has heard Weiss "complaining about us, and that's been harmful."
Stahl still under delusion that they have been some gold standard independent news organization. lol. I would tell her to GTFO now. She's in her mid-80s. Go retire already. But following feels to me like CBS brass is going to acquiesce to the big 3 still left to calm everything down.
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"We are at the moment trusting Nick and he has told us he'll work to preserve our independence, and that he's not taking orders from the corporation," Stahl added. "If that is the way things go, we'll stay. But if it's not the way things go, we're gonna leave."
Bilton has been working to repair relationships with the frazzled "60 Minutes" team, meeting with producers to reassure them that the show would remain true to its journalistic principles.
"We heard all the right things in yesterday's 'independence' memo," Stahl, Whitaker and Wertheim wrote in their memo. "It went a long way, and now we need to see these commitments to our process and procedures put into action."
