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Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting (www.theguardian.com)
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Veteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews

Pelley criticized the new leadership at CBS, adding: “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.”

He continued: “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.”

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[–] 33 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Americans, the cancer is spreading. These are the first waves of people with integrity being uprooted. They will be replaced with puppets and you will be drowning in propaganda as you'll only have propaganda outlets available to you.

As a citizen from the other side of the world, it's scary to watch your downward spiral into fascism and how little you're doing about the amoeba in charge. And you're dragging everyone else down along yourselves.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    how little you’re doing about the amoeba in charge.

    What would be the response you're looking for? Something like 5-6 people already tried to kill him. All the kinds of protests you'd see elsewhere only work when the government actually gives a fuck about what the people want. The no kings protests are worthless. The only thing that could possibly have an affect would be a sustained strike, but people live paycheck to paycheck and have no social safety net to rely on like people do in other countries if they lose their jobs. There's also the issue of the already existing propaganda machine keeping us all at odds with each other. Organizing is non-existent and has been essentially deemed terrorist activity by the government now if they can pin the antifa lable on you.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The United States needs a General Strike.

    The companies that support Trump do so because they make more money.

    Harm the money flow, cite the regime as the reason, and watch industry punt the fucker.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Cyberattacks and information warfare on a massive scale. Coordinated catfishing and social engineering efforts to expose and ruin MAGA lives. Cut off contact with complicit family members and acquaintances. Want to do a cute little “no kings” parade? Fine- do them on loading docks and at airports. Disrupt work in key areas. Industrial and corporate sabotage. Denial of employment. Denial of services.

    And be clear about the fact that this is the STARTING point and you WILL escalate.

    And oh, hey- you’re literally sitting on a pile of decorated generals, heads of intelligence and national security agency leaders who have been forced out by Trump for insufficiently licking boot or have resigned in protest of Trump.

    Mark Milley

    CQ Brown

    H.R. McMaster

    Jim Mattis

    Meroe Park

    Dan Coats

    Joseph Maguire

    Jeffrey Kruse

    Alexander Vindman

    Tim Haugh

    Milton Sands

    John Kelly

    Lisa Franchetti

    Where are these cowards? A few are clowning around on social media. If you won’t do anything and these people won’t stand up, you’re absolutely fucked

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