JLRed @JLRed5

@elonmusk Race essentialism is cruel and bigoted.

@shipwreckedcrew Arguing about how best to cover an event or issue is much different from telling your bosses they’re not qualified for their jobs and will never be welcome there.

I feel a little like Forrest Gump... but I was also on the flight in Bosnia when Hillary Clinton claimed we "landed under sniper fire." We didn't. She didn't. The reporting I did on this for CBS Evening News led the broadcast two nights in a row.

Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋 @SharylAttkisson

15 hours ago

I was officially on 2 combat missions with the USAF. On one sortie, the guys fired cruise missiles and we took ground fire. They—the airmen—were “in combat.” I was not. I was a reporter embedded to report on what they were doing. It’s not the same

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This is what happens to journalists when they spend their entire careers giving each other awards to make themselves feel more important than they are. 😂

Professional standards of journalism are that the personal feelings and. Iss of reporters should not be observable in language or demeanor (including facial expressions). Whether a serial killer or a nun a reporter should be professional. When a reporter displays obvious bias the report is less trustworthy. You can ask the tough questions in a respectful manner.

@TheLastRefuge2 The whole Pelley incident is so revealing. The masks have come completely off.

According to Columbia School of Journalism professional reporters maintain a neutral demeanor without revealing personal feelings toward the interviewee. This means they should not express in words or facial expression personal feelings of bias—regardless of the subject’s background, whether they are a serial killer or a nun. Active listening and building rapport (while maintaining neutrality) can get the subject to open up. This can be done politely. When a reporter’s own feelings are evident, it can lead to bias in reporting which may compromise fairness essential to journalism. If a reporter has hatred toward a subject they should excuse themselves from the interviewee and a reporter who can maintain neutrality should conduct it.

Bill Maher says he “loves” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and admitted that if he had only gone by what he read about her, he would have thought she was “crazy.” This led into the thing he hates most about the left: they REFUSE to talk to people, while Republicans are always willing to engage. MAHER: “Anna Paulina Luna, love her!” “You know, we had a great time!” “I talked to her after the show. I said, if I had only known about you, what I read, I would have thought, you know, crazy...you’re not crazy!” “Are we going to agree on everything? No. But not crazy.” “And certainly ‘talkable’ to.” “That is my single biggest issue with the left. They won’t talk to people, including me.” “Like really?! I’m so out there? I mean, we voted for the same person, how far out there could I be?” “But they just won’t.” “And the Republicans, they definitely are better at like, well, we’ll talk.”

In my Ethics of Journalism class I was taught that no one being interviewed should know a reporter’s feelings about them. You can ask the hard questions of people you like and dislike. You should interview everyone with a professional demeanor whether a serial killer, a pathological liar, a movie star or a nun.

The magnitude & brazen nature of the government payment fraud is staggering

Defiant L’s @DefiantLs

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USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins: "We found 200,000 dead people getting food stamps, and 500,000 getting more than one benefit... in the red states. Blue states are suing us... The fraud is so stunning."

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Proof he’s delusional is that he trashed his bosses publicly and it never occurred to him he might be fired. I’ve worked in newsrooms. There might be passionate even heated arguments about how to cover an issue, but smearing the higher ups is a different issue. Pelley is so entrenched, identifies with one ideology so closely he felt personally attacked when mere asked to present more than one perspective in his pieces.

The obvious solution to this “60 Minutes” mess is to give @walterkirn the Andy Rooney spot behind the desk

@ThomBrady5 The face of an objective, neutral journalist.

George Orwell’s 1984 was published today in 1949. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

When you suffer from political sectarianism—extreme hatred of anyone not in your political “tribe” one of the characteristics is cognitive distortion, the belief that those not in your “tribe” are immoral enemies that must be “fought” by any means possible—not fellow citizens who have different views based on their life experiences. Other characteristics are othering of those not in the tribe ( censoring, canceling, doxxing, shunning, dehumanizing) and shaming) and moralizing against others.

@JoeDanMedia @SharylAttkisson The face of a neutral, objective and trustworthy journalist. Nonverbal communication is powerful

@ByronYork One of the reasons why trust in media is so low is because many legacy journalists are completely out of touch. You could not get away with that behavior at any run of the mill job. It is revealing to see how blind some are to that.

In the CBS meeting on Election Night in 2016 Scott Pelley asked repeatedly how soon they could call it for Hillary Clinton.

RealClearPolitics @RCPolitics

23 hours ago

Scott Pelley: '60 Minutes' Is Like A Family, "We Go Into Combat Together," and New CBS Leadership Doesn't Respect That realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/…

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They’re so deeply buried in the left wing bubble they actually believe they’re objective

Ian Miller @ianmSC

2 days ago

Scott Pelley being shocked that Bari Weiss brought up that 60 Minutes is perceived as biased is exactly why trust in legacy media has cratered They’re so deeply buried in the left wing bubble they actually believe they’re objective

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Those suffering from the mindset of political sectarianism believe their opinions are truth, virtuous and intelligent. All other views are morally reprehensible (despicable) and ignorant. Their views should never be questioned. Pelley would be a great case study for what happens when a “journalist” becomes so entrenched in ideology that they cannot even consider alternate perspectives.