60 Minutes pulled by CBS minutes before it airs to protect Donald Trump
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  • 796 points okokokoyeahright

    "obeying in advance"

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    306 points ominous_squirrel

    Prior review and prior restraint are the literal definition of what the First Amendment protects against

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    125 points okokokoyeahright

    And then his Orangeness sues you and the big bosses tell you to settle.

    As was done a time or two already.

    'Lawfare'.

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    59 points Sartres_Roommate

    Bari Weiss already did the review and (must have) rejected it outright. These are likely stories that took months to investigate….so even the legendary 60 Minutes is going to be a flat out propaganda arm for MAGA.

    Didn’t doubt it but it’s still sad to see it confirmed

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    17 points Demonking3343

    Yeah from an article i was reading it had gotten green lights all the way thought the process until it got to Weiss.

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    36 points WalterCanFindToes

    For your information the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

    I'm finishing my coffee. Enjoying my coffee.

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    7 points docmike1980

    Username checks out

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    45 points Fidget11

    It’s cute the Americans still think the constitution actually matters

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    53 points ominous_squirrel

    Bro, I experienced Orbánism first hand almost 10 years ago. I understand what’s happening. We still need to fucking call it out when we see it

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    1 points BulbasaurArmy

    No no, the first amendment is what protects me from social consequences when I want to call people racial slurs. The government pressuring private corporations and news media to censor things it doesn’t like is totally fine as long as it’s MY team doing it.

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    61 points mjcatl2

    Worse, the administration controls CBS.

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    30 points LivingIndependence

    Didn't they appoint some kind of government "minder" or "liaison" to ensure that everything that CBS airs meets with government approval and is never critical or objective about Trump and his regime?

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    14 points Aprilias

    Political commissar

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    11 points bbbbbbbbbblah

    Indeed they did. I never want to hear the American right go on about public service broadcasters ever again, especially those in Western and allied countries that don't generally act as government mouthpieces

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    9 points virak_john

    The hypocrisy regarding these people — Bari specifically — and the so called Twitter Files is just astounding. It’s so on the nose it would be comical if it weren’t the death of democracy in America.

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    8 points greed-man

    And ABC.

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    14 points The_Krambambulist

    CBS is owned by the company chaired by that POS David Ellison, son of POS Larry Ellison.

    This is just one part of the oligarchy protecting their friendly administration.

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    12 points aboutlikecommon

    I hope someone leaks it.

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    3 points anomalousBits

    "Hybrid regime?"

    "You're soaking in it."

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  • 351 points not_productive1

    Fuckin vichy cbs. Bari Weiss’s inevitable exit in disgrace can’t come soon enough.

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    144 points HellaTroi

    But the owners of CBS put Weiss there because they are Trump donors.

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    63 points not_productive1

    Oh, no doubt. But there’s “thumb on the scale” editorial leanings and then there’s just straight up so embarrassing no one watches and Weiss has consistently been well over the line.

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    38 points SctjhnstnPDX

    My god how much state run propaganda media can do we have now? OAN, Newsmax, Fox, Washington Post, Facebook, Parler, now CBS? Soon, TikTok and possibly CNN.

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    17 points not_productive1

    Definitely tik tok. Jury’s out on whether the king will allow someone other than the fuckin ellisons to buy the thing the fuckin ellisons want. Depends on whether Netflix is willing to give him a peace prize I guess.

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    6 points MimicoSkunkFan2

    The Ellisons got it on 18 Dec, at least in the news here (TiktokUSDS mostly owned by them with some UAE friends of Jared.)

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    9 points asdfmatt

    It says more that they put this up instead of carrying on like normal and pretending everything is fine.

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    12 points _token_black

    How will she fail upward next?!? This and more on 60 Minutes.

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    9 points r_r_36

    Lmao, look up who owns CBS (Larry Ellison) and then look up the background of Bari Weiss. Now try to see what they have in common.

    That’s why she’ll never be fired.

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  • 185 points G-Unit11111

    This is truly scary. Trump and his goons need to be fired and in prison now and anything that helps accelerate the process, the better.

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    105 points greed-man

    CBS, in a press release said the following:

    "I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault! I swear to God!"

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    23 points IHaveNoEgrets

    Upvoting for the excellent reference.

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    11 points pterosaurLoser

    What they couldn’t blame it on Joe Biden?

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    8 points narkybark

    I don't know what this is a reference to, but I swear I can hear George Costanza yelling it.

    Edit: Ah, never saw that. *nods*

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    13 points Tiny-Lock9652

    Here you go.

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    9 points Fidget11

    This reference deserves a huge upvote

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  • 122 points curlyqtips

    There was a line on CBS Sunday Morning today that sounded out of place in the Rob Reiner retrospective... something about his politics being objectionable to many or similar. NOPE Bari, only to facists and the statement was totally unnecessary.

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    56 points greed-man

    "Oh, we are just trying to be fair" said Bari Weiss out loud, "to Trump" she mumbled.

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  • 305 points Efficient-Laugh

    I wonder where we’ll be at by next years time. Will Reddit still be around as anything but a conservative hivemind?

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    204 points justalazygamer

    I don't expect we will get through 2026 without them trying to force conservative subreddits onto everyone's feeds. Remember who the Reddit CEO is.

    Huffman has calculated that, in the event of a disaster, he would seek out some form of community: “Being around other people is a good thing. I also have this somewhat egotistical view that I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge, or at least not a slave, when push comes to shove.

    Then of course the conservative communities will call themselves victims like always if you comment.

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    74 points Efficient-Laugh

    Well I quit drugs and alcohol last month. What’s another vice to get rid of.

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    53 points TehMephs

    I am ready to just go back to reading books if the Internet goes to shit

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    38 points 5k1895

    Start now, support your local library. So many good books out there, you won't regret it

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    25 points TrappedinTampa

    I have been on reddit for many years and just received my first strike (warning) for a statement I have read on this site many times through the years. Supposedly AI made this call, but I have appealed the strike and heard nothing.

    So it was nice while it lasted, but I was on digg before reddit and will move to the next site after this one dies under the boot of it's new owner.

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    1 points Aggressive_Macaroon3

    It happens more than you think. I got banned for posting a direct quote from our current president because it was considered a violent threat.

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    10 points JamCliche

    When I first saw that quote, the most disturbing aspect was that he presupposes the existence of slavery in such a scenario.

    These people have nothing but ill belief about humanity, and it's all projection.

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    14 points Panduz

    This is exactly what happened on Twitter. Everything on your feed is all blue checks engagement baiting with conservative propaganda. None of it is even real people anymore. It’s just all fake.

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    5 points TheBonusWings

    So…twitter since elon took over. Got it

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    1 points BulbasaurArmy

    Bruh that’s already been happening for months. I keep getting weird obscure subreddits I’ve never heard of injected into my feed, that all turn out to be fascist propaganda.

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    1 points r_r_36

    this decision by CBS has nothing to do with conservatism. Why do you think Bari weiss is where she is? Who owns CBS?

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  • 81 points OfficerWonk

    We obviously can’t take back control of the White House at this point, but we have to take back control of the media.

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    40 points greed-man

    Until we get back control of the White House, we do not have control of the FCC, who CAN remove the rules (and threats) made by the current crew.

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    -2 points OfficerWonk

    We’re not getting control of the White House back. The USA as we know it is cooked. We have to start laying the foundation for what comes next.

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    25 points kahn_noble

    This is the most defeatist take I’ve ever heard. Yes, we can do something about this. The midterms are coming and America has been through worse. Get of y’all asses, mobilize locally and continue to push WHEN you can.

    Local is key here.

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    -3 points Suspicious-Pay3953

    You really think the midterms are coming? Doubtful.

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    8 points r_r_36

    The White House doesn’t own the media. The media is owned by the same people who own the white house

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    3 points ideletedyourfacebook

    I've got like $35. If we all pool together, we can buy CBS

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    2 points delorf

    We need to break up news monopolies. 

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  • 44 points eightdx

    Bari Weiss continues her rampage

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  • 26 points NfamousKaye

    Fascism irl

    But I mean trade off because I don’t remember a single president in history that does a 60 Minutes interview every week like this guy does. Honestly, I’m kinda glad.

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    -9 points r_r_36

    Because a couple of jewish media owners like Larry Ellison and Bari weiss own CBS? That not what i’d call fascism.

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    2 points BulbasaurArmy

    What was it like to ride the short bus as a kid?

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  • 20 points NecroAssssin

    So feckless AND useless. Sounds about right. 

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  • 23 points SocialistNixon

    Trump is the weakest he has even been and they are still too cowardly to air this.

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  • 18 points sdmichael

    Don't you remember seeing this under Democrats? No? Probably because it didn't happen.

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  • 17 points Havnaz

    Not cool CBS. What happened to unbiased reporting.

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  • 17 points MechaSandstar

    Stick a fork in 60 minutes. It's done.

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    14 points astrobrain

    Stick a fork in CBS, until there's new leadership. Seriously. Do not watch CBS.

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    9 points MechaSandstar

    Yeah, but 60 minutes was the crown jewel, the gold standard. Now it's just trash, and I don't think it deserves to get it's rep back.

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  • 14 points Lil-Red74

    Do all of these companies think we aren’t going to remember this shit in a few years?

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    6 points r_r_36

    Larry Ellison and his people own most of the media already. It doesn’t matter if you remember, they won’t air it anyway

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    13 points SuperExoticShrub

    Are enough of us going to remember? I've found that Americans on average have a distressingly short memory for shit like this.

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  • 13 points Goodthrust_8

    CBS is now simply known as Fox Lite.

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  • 10 points narkybark

    And the AM stations will still crow about "the mainstream media" while the dullards nod.

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  • 9 points continuousBaBa

    Trumpism is weirdly Maoist

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  • 9 points astrobrain

    Do not watch CBS. Do not watch Paramount programs.

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  • 15 points jstohler

    You’re doing a heckuva job, Bari.

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  • 7 points eat_a_burrito

    Disgust.

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  • 6 points Everheart1955

    Good Lord.

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  • 6 points Skate_faced

    When we reached out for comment, a representative for the network made muffled and slurping sounds. After what seemed to be the longest twenty minutes of our lives listening to the sounds, we hung up and reached out to a different representative.

    When asked about this, a the representative apologized as the other was trying to speak while their mouth was still full of Trump dick, and it was rude of them to speak with their mouth full.

    We didn't have the energy to bother asking about 60 minutes licking the boot as clearly CBS will lick anything trump.

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  • 3 points TotalRecognition2191

    Yeah, don't vote for Harris because of Gaza.  What has this asshat done for them?  What is he doing to us? 

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  • 3 points RhodaPenmarksShoes

    Did they play a rerun? I saw it on tv.

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    2 points cpr4life8

    This particular story was pulled

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    1 points RhodaPenmarksShoes

    Ah. Fucking bullshit

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  • 3 points SpaceNinjaDino

    In glorious MAGA color coded. As complicit as Ivanka or a distress signal?

    "Ah, CBS, you have a running business. Would be such a shame if FCC $5B of fines laying around."

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  • 2 points Adezar

    S

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  • 2 points BenneWaffles

    Wow.

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  • 2 points sik_dik

    WTAF

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  • 2 points lexiegirl

    This infuriates me

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  • 1 points putin_my_ass

    There's no more classic partnership than fascists and corporations.

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  • 1 points BigTulsa

    This is why crowd-sourced news TERRIFIES the establishment. They can't be influenced. Pretty soon they'll start regulating the internet.

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