I never dreamed there were so many Americans ready, willing, and capable of selling out their nation, democracy, and, those who died to create, protect, and defend them. Never!
This outrage doesn’t bode well for the free press, free speech, free people. We should shout it from the rooftops,loud enough for everyone to hear. Some of the sinister changes in our country are heartbreaking. This is one.
Who is this Bari Weiss anyway? I had sneaking suspicions about her when I watched a portion of her so-called interview with the widow of Charlie Kirk. I have much respect for journalists like Sharon Alfonsi. I have been a faithful watcher of 60 Minutes since its inception, but now, I have my doubts. It shouldn't be that way. I always equated CBS News with quality journalism, like Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley, and Dan Rather. Now it seems like the news department is becoming a place for softball reporting, bowing to outside pressures from that idiot Donald Trump. Baris Weiss is burying one of the most consequential stories of our time. I support Sharon Alfonsi and the letter she's written. Time for CBS News to regrow the spine it once had.
Please pass all relevant comments to Bari Weiss and Sharon Alfonsi. I have been a faithful 60 Minutes "customer" for over 40 years. My wife and I will black out 60 Minutes until Sharon's Cecot story is aired. (I'm sick and tired of all the dumb pharma ads anyway).
As we've seen with other recent successful boycotts, e.g. Disney:
1. Watch the offending entity (via broadcast, cable, YouTube, etc.) long enough to take notes on which advertisers sponsor them.
Contact those sponsors to inform them that you will not consider purchasing their products as long as they continue to support that network, or any other that suppresses truth/ spreads false misleading narratives/ acts in opposition to democracy/ etc.
Share your compiled list of advertisers with others, to invite and encourage widespread participation.
Find others of like mind online for list consolidation, mutual support and possible further collaboration.
Of course, the Disney boycott also involved customers cancelling their streaming service subscriptions & stating their intention to the network to boycott their sponsors. Even just the latter, a unified effort to target advertising revenue streams, speaks the base language that is effective in getting their attention.
In a capitalist economy, consumers who unite for a common cause wield significant power over corporate behavior. They cannot survive without us.
I'd suggest stop watching. they are selling a product and it smells as it rots. My husband calls it the Goebbels network because it is churning out propaganda. Not blaming the staff (as a former member myself) but at some point people are going to have to stand up in ways that are uncomfortable and people will lose jobs- we've seen this movie before and we know what can happen when people don't fight.
I've sort of followed Bari since she left the NYTimes, and was initially impressed with The Free Press and what seemed (to me) to be balanced reporting, So I subscribed. But I'd grown very skeptical of her coverage, even though some of the journalists on her staff were excellent, so I decided not to renew my subscription, and now I"m really glad I did. She's lost any integrity she might once have had.
'I never dreamed there were so many Americans ready, willing, and capable of selling out their nation, democracy, and those who died to create, protect, and defend them. Never!'
I'm using this as my foil.
We all know people sell out. The key point is that it is a short sell.
They neglect the long game, where politics is the game.
Thanks for your eloquent reporting about this, Elliot. I don't watch mainstream news so was unaware. It's just more awful on top of the multi-daily awful. I hope the people voice loudly.
When the moment arrives that defines the victory of Democracy, all those who served the autocrat will be named and shamed; the laws of nature cannot forever be denied.
It is heartbreaking to see well established news outlets, especially 60 Minutes, fall to the regime. What gives me hope are people like you and other independent writers and journalists. They can try to stop their actions from being seen, but we can find facts if we look for them. The harder they try to hide things more curious and suspicious people get. The cut episode will get more attention than if it had aired.
The cracks in this regime are widening and the president's desperation is growing. The worst is yet to come; desperate people take desperate actions. The actions and words of people like Alfonsi, you, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, Dan Rather, and others are what's needed right now.
upsetting but not at all surprising. If only Nora O'donnell (sp?) had a tenth of the integrity of Alfonsi. I have to say, I believe the corporate run news is already mostly dead.
I never dreamed there were so many Americans ready, willing, and capable of selling out their nation, democracy, and, those who died to create, protect, and defend them. Never!
Thank you for including the email. The more details I read, the more heartbroken I am.
We stopped watching when the merger took place because of the behind the scenes machinations.
So this does not surprise us. Saddens us certainly.
I guess they are hoping for the Fox news crowd to start watching.
I guess their business plan is to please one doddering old man?
This outrage doesn’t bode well for the free press, free speech, free people. We should shout it from the rooftops,loud enough for everyone to hear. Some of the sinister changes in our country are heartbreaking. This is one.
Who is this Bari Weiss anyway? I had sneaking suspicions about her when I watched a portion of her so-called interview with the widow of Charlie Kirk. I have much respect for journalists like Sharon Alfonsi. I have been a faithful watcher of 60 Minutes since its inception, but now, I have my doubts. It shouldn't be that way. I always equated CBS News with quality journalism, like Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley, and Dan Rather. Now it seems like the news department is becoming a place for softball reporting, bowing to outside pressures from that idiot Donald Trump. Baris Weiss is burying one of the most consequential stories of our time. I support Sharon Alfonsi and the letter she's written. Time for CBS News to regrow the spine it once had.
Please pass all relevant comments to Bari Weiss and Sharon Alfonsi. I have been a faithful 60 Minutes "customer" for over 40 years. My wife and I will black out 60 Minutes until Sharon's Cecot story is aired. (I'm sick and tired of all the dumb pharma ads anyway).
Is there a way for citizens to boycott or otherwise put meaningful economic pressure on CBS?
As we've seen with other recent successful boycotts, e.g. Disney:
1. Watch the offending entity (via broadcast, cable, YouTube, etc.) long enough to take notes on which advertisers sponsor them.
Contact those sponsors to inform them that you will not consider purchasing their products as long as they continue to support that network, or any other that suppresses truth/ spreads false misleading narratives/ acts in opposition to democracy/ etc.
Share your compiled list of advertisers with others, to invite and encourage widespread participation.
Find others of like mind online for list consolidation, mutual support and possible further collaboration.
Of course, the Disney boycott also involved customers cancelling their streaming service subscriptions & stating their intention to the network to boycott their sponsors. Even just the latter, a unified effort to target advertising revenue streams, speaks the base language that is effective in getting their attention.
In a capitalist economy, consumers who unite for a common cause wield significant power over corporate behavior. They cannot survive without us.
I'd suggest stop watching. they are selling a product and it smells as it rots. My husband calls it the Goebbels network because it is churning out propaganda. Not blaming the staff (as a former member myself) but at some point people are going to have to stand up in ways that are uncomfortable and people will lose jobs- we've seen this movie before and we know what can happen when people don't fight.
I no longer watch CBS
I've sort of followed Bari since she left the NYTimes, and was initially impressed with The Free Press and what seemed (to me) to be balanced reporting, So I subscribed. But I'd grown very skeptical of her coverage, even though some of the journalists on her staff were excellent, so I decided not to renew my subscription, and now I"m really glad I did. She's lost any integrity she might once have had.
Elliot, Don Buckter wrote:
'I never dreamed there were so many Americans ready, willing, and capable of selling out their nation, democracy, and those who died to create, protect, and defend them. Never!'
I'm using this as my foil.
We all know people sell out. The key point is that it is a short sell.
They neglect the long game, where politics is the game.
Good for you, Sharyn Alfonsi. You are a profile in courage.
Thanks for your eloquent reporting about this, Elliot. I don't watch mainstream news so was unaware. It's just more awful on top of the multi-daily awful. I hope the people voice loudly.
When the moment arrives that defines the victory of Democracy, all those who served the autocrat will be named and shamed; the laws of nature cannot forever be denied.
Blatant disregard and hiding the truth about violations of human rights is beyond evil. I am appalled.
It is heartbreaking to see well established news outlets, especially 60 Minutes, fall to the regime. What gives me hope are people like you and other independent writers and journalists. They can try to stop their actions from being seen, but we can find facts if we look for them. The harder they try to hide things more curious and suspicious people get. The cut episode will get more attention than if it had aired.
The cracks in this regime are widening and the president's desperation is growing. The worst is yet to come; desperate people take desperate actions. The actions and words of people like Alfonsi, you, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, Dan Rather, and others are what's needed right now.
The segment Weiss saw fit to excise leaked in Canada on Global News. Canada does better free speech without a 1st amendment.
How do I watch it? I saw a segment of it on tic tok but not the whole thing.
You might try Global News from Canada, which carried the segment.
upsetting but not at all surprising. If only Nora O'donnell (sp?) had a tenth of the integrity of Alfonsi. I have to say, I believe the corporate run news is already mostly dead.