60 minutes/cbs news is toast

[Sonikku]

Another domino falls. Paramount poised to make them bend the knee to the king like ABC News did before them, despite Trump having no case.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s...ump-paramount?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Worse, the network's independence now appears over as it heads to becoming a Trump mouth piece.

"But the president's open rancor toward 60 Minutes looms over all. Corporate parent Paramount and its controlling owner, Shari Redstone, are seeking the approval of federal regulators to sell it to the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The billionaire software mogul is a friend of Trump who visited the president at the White House earlier this year."

 

[Amol S.]

Imagine out of no where Bloomberg gives a much better offer. Not far fetched considering bloomberg helped fund UN Climate Initiative when the US left.

 

[MrSquished]

Why isn't buffet or Soros or McKenzie Scott buying this shit. We need a fucking billionaire to buy some media Jesus Christ.

 

[Sonikku]

Why isn't buffet or Soros or McKenzie Scott buying this shit. We need a fucking billionaire to buy some media Jesus Christ.

Wouldn't matter if they did. Trump's regulators would have to approve it. That is likely the whole point to Paramount forcing CBS to settle despite there being no case. Kissing the ring so the regulators approve of the sale. But if the sale was to Soros or something then no amount of kissing the ring would be enough.

 

[UNCjigga]

CBS looks to become the X of broadcast media—especially after the sale to Ellison.

 

[MrSquished]

Wouldn't matter if they did. Trump's regulators would have to approve it. That is likely the whole point to Paramount forcing CBS to settle despite there being no case. Kissing the ring so the regulators approve of the sale. But if the sale was to Soros or something then no amount of kissing the ring would be enough.

Throw the hat in there and tie shit up. The courts have not been too friendly to Trump. Fucking use your money

 

[Moonbeam]

People got mad when the light of wisdom that shown in our political system, thanks to momentum against the evils of conservative thinking, began to awaken sufficient self reflection in a growing number of voters, that those very evils were actually dear to them and they responded with a desire to go back to the good old days of the dark ages where the behaviors that were causing them that growing guilt and shame were perfectly acceptable.

Self hate always sabotages truth and light because we are not consciously aware we actually feel too worthless to deserve it and because we don’t want to know that we are perpetually fucked. This is the truth we won’t see. Only you can be the exception.

 

[MtnMan]

Had an annual subscription to Paramount+.

Operative word HAD, as I have since cancelled and since they asked why I was cancelling, I made the reason very clear. Kiss the ring, you can kiss my ass.

 

[hal2kilo]

Another domino falls. Paramount poised to make them bend the knee to the king like ABC News did before them, despite Trump having no case.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s...ump-paramount?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Worse, the network's independence now appears over as it heads to becoming a Trump mouth piece.

"But the president's open rancor toward 60 Minutes looms over all. Corporate parent Paramount and its controlling owner, Shari Redstone, are seeking the approval of federal regulators to sell it to the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The billionaire software mogul is a friend of Trump who visited the president at the White House earlier this year."

Well, it's completely open now that CBS, at one time one of the most liberal of the broadcast TV networks, had long given up the ghost.

 

[MrSquished]

Government approval is needed for the deal Paramount wants to happen because it's between two media companies. What about a purchase by someone without a media company? Does that fall under the government's purview? I mean if it doesn't I'm sure the Trump administration would try to put up roadblocks for anybody buying a major media company they didn't agree with, but if they don't have the regulatory rights already, that would slow them down even more.

 

[conspireagainst]

Not that I get my news from any of these boomer mouthpieces, but that's really fucked up. I thought 60 Minutes was cool as a kid but it has become a drooling cheese factory in the last 20 years. Fucking legacy media.

 

[UNCjigga]

Had an annual subscription to Paramount+.

Operative word HAD, as I have since cancelled and since they asked why I was cancelling, I made the reason very clear. Kiss the ring, you can kiss my ass.

Fack, I went to cancel mine and realized it just renewed on March 26 (annual subscription). They do not offer partial refunds (that’s the whole reason the annual plan is discounted.) I do share it with someone but we agreed to cancel and avoid the auto renew next year.

 

[MtnMan]

Fack, I went to cancel mine and realized it just renewed on March 26 (annual subscription). They do not offer partial refunds (that’s the whole reason the annual plan is discounted.) I do share it with someone but we agreed to cancel and avoid the auto renew next year.

That sucks, my renewal was last summer, so mine will end in a few months.

After doing so, I got an email confirming the cancellation, which I've archived, and made a calendar entry to watch my CC to make sure they don't turn auto-renew back on.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Ugh fucking CBS becoming state media

 

[Sonikku]

Holy shit I don't think Scott Pelley is long for this network with a callout like that. Talk about calling a spade a fucking spade!

 

[Fenixgoon]

Holy shit I don't think Scott Pelley is long for this network with a callout like that. Talk about calling a spade a fucking spade!

Link to clip?

 

[RalphTheCow]

And they were doing so well lately. I have been a fan of the show for the last 50 years. If Trump screws this up he will have a legion of angry people, but then it is probably mostly people like me who were already very angry at him. I didn’t know that Ellisons were trumpers, but it is not surprising.

 

[Sonikku]

Link to clip?

 

[Amol S.]

Ugh fucking CBS becoming state media

A thought just passed thru my head. What if Fox News tells Trump they do not like this idea, as CBS might end up taking some off Fox News's profits away?

 

[manly]

The other shoe has dropped.

CNN Business - CBS News boss Wendy McMahon exits amid Trump pressure

And they were doing so well lately. I have been a fan of the show for the last 50 years. If Trump screws this up he will have a legion of angry people, but then it is probably mostly people like me who were already very angry at him. I didn’t know that Ellisons were trumpers, but it is not surprising.

Angrier people doesn't really matter unless they channel that anger inside the ballot box (e.g. 2018).

Larry Ellison is one of Silicon Valley's staunchest conservative magnates. Oracle moved its world HQ to Austin a few years ago.

 

[Brainonska511]

TheDesk.net (@thedesk.net)

Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music. Story...

bsky.app

Paramount pulled a 60 Minutes story on IRS job cuts hours before it was supposed to air. All to probably please Dear Leader as they try to complete a merger or whatever. What they fail to understand is that the insane tyrant can giveth, he can also interfere with later.

 

[nakedfrog]

TheDesk.net (@thedesk.net)

Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music. Story...

bsky.app

Paramount pulled a 60 Minutes story on IRS job cuts hours before it was supposed to air. All to probably please Dear Leader as they try to complete a merger or whatever. What they fail to understand is that the insane tyrant can giveth, he can also interfere with later.

Yes, would be good to remember that no matter how much favor you curry with him, he will cast you aside in an instant if you slight him in the smallest of ways.

 

[RalphTheCow]

TheDesk.net (@thedesk.net)

Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music. Story...

bsky.app

Paramount pulled a 60 Minutes story on IRS job cuts hours before it was supposed to air. All to probably please Dear Leader as they try to complete a merger or whatever. What they fail to understand is that the insane tyrant can giveth, he can also interfere with later.

I was wondering that happened to that! Paramount is killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.

 

[Muse]

Holy shit I don't think Scott Pelley is long for this network with a callout like that. Talk about calling a spade a fucking spade!

He's pretty much declared his soul is not for sale.

 

[Muse]

Yes, would be good to remember that no matter how much favor you curry with him, he will cast you aside in an instant if you slight him in the smallest of ways.

The last 60 Minutes I watched was before Scott Pelley's announcement that Paramount was going to clamp down on 60 Minutes' independence (actually, it was that broadcast but I missed Pelly's remarks because I bailed at 53 minutes). I guess I'm done with 60 Minutes. I'm not into Paramount media at all AFAIK.