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(DIR) Post #B1VZyknt8yOeaY9f8K by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T13:44:11Z
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#60Minutes correspondent says CBS’s #BariWeiss abruptly pulled segment on #Trump #deportations
In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, #CBSNews abruptly removed a segment from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump admin to what the program called a “brutal” prison in #ElSalvador.#Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
(DIR) Post #B1VaFN2ijsGjop13Fg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T13:47:19Z
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#CBS announced the change 3 hours before the broadcast, a highly unusual last-minute switch. The decision was made after #BariWeiss, the new editor in chief of #CBSNews, requested numerous changes to the segment. CBS News said in a statement that the segment would air at a later date & “needed additional reporting.”#Trump #Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
(DIR) Post #B1VaWjOYt35249VggK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T13:50:28Z
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But #SharynAlfonsi, the veteran “#60Minutes” correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to #CBS colleagues on Sunday.…“Our story was screened 5 times & cleared by both CBS attorneys & Standards & Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”#Trump #Law #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
(DIR) Post #B1Vaj4DhHpwI7zJJSK by EugestShirley@m.ai6yr.org
2025-12-22T13:52:38Z
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@Nonilex Bari Weiss, right wing zealot was not hired for her noble aims.
(DIR) Post #B1VanFDeKknJOqHQq8 by alan@lighthouse.co.im
2025-12-22T13:53:23Z
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@NonilexNeeded additional political interference?
(DIR) Post #B1Vaq1UFqWHBg9N7bM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T13:53:57Z
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Sunday’s unusual events have once again placed “#60Minutes” at the center of a #media & #political fracas.#BariWeiss was appointed in October after #DavidEllison, the owner of CBS’s parent company, #ParamountSkydance, acquired her independent “news” & opinion site, The Free Press.Ellison’s acquisition of #Paramount earlier this year was approved by the #Trump admin only after Paramount paid $16M to settle a lawsuit that Trump had brought against “60 Minutes.”#StateMedia #law #censorship
(DIR) Post #B1VarOAL0pqmIzhurI by Lizette603_23@mastodon.social
2025-12-22T13:54:09Z
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@Nonilex wtf are they all being threatened with?
(DIR) Post #B1VbAhhMcAVKO3Mh1M by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T13:57:41Z
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Ellison is currently making a hostile bid to outmaneuver a rival company, #Netflix, & acquire the media behemoth #WarnerBrosDiscovery. He has been courting Trump’s support for his bid, but #Trump has used recent episodes of “#60Minutes” to suggest he is displeased with Ellison’s stewardship of #CBS.#StateMedia #law #extortion #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
(DIR) Post #B1VbLwXBnNVjaKxuQi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T13:59:43Z
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“For those people that think I am close with the new owners of #CBS, please understand that #60Minutes has treated me far worse since the so-called ‘takeover,’ than they have ever treated me before,” #Trump complained on Truth Social last week.#democracy #StateMedia #law #extortion #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
(DIR) Post #B1VbxbnZL51sHJaSdk by zl2tod@mastodon.online
2025-12-22T14:06:27Z
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@Nonilex Dear Donald,History is coming for you.Love,The Future
(DIR) Post #B1Vc10oamiDijagl1s by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:07:06Z
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The segment was focused on #Venezuelans who were sent by the #Trump admin to #CECOT, a notorious prison in #ElSalvador. In a news release on Friday promoting the segment, #CBSNews said that Alfonsi had spoken with several men now released from the prison “who describe the brutal & torturous conditions they endured.”#BariWeiss first saw the segment Thursday & raised numerous “concerns” to “#60Minutes” producers Friday & Saturday, & she asked for a significant amount of new material to be added…
(DIR) Post #B1VcBMSTAdzOktH9g8 by Gustodon@mas.to
2025-12-22T14:08:57Z
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@Nonilex This is the most egregious act of dystopian censorship I've ever seen. There are evil people in the world. Bari Weiss is one of them.
(DIR) Post #B1VcHqnHIRUmZq6RvM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:10:09Z
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One of Weiss’s suggestions was to include a fresh interview with #StephenMiller, White House deputy chief of staff & architect of Trump’s #immigration crackdown, or a similarly high-ranking #Trump admin official…. Weiss provided contact information for Miller to the “#60Minutes” staff.Weiss also questioned the use of the term “migrants” to describe the #Venezuelans who were deported, saying that they were in the US illegally….#democracy #StateMedia #law #FreePress
(DIR) Post #B1VcRP6D7SObZzVvcm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:11:53Z
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In her note, Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the #WhiteHouse, the #State Department, & #DHS. “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” Alfonsi wrote.#Trump #CBSNews #democracy #StateMedia #law #extortion #FreePress #censorship #immigration #rendition #CECOT #HumanRights #torture
(DIR) Post #B1VceoCJ7E2RBXl200 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:14:19Z
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“We have been promoting this story on social media for days,” Alfonsi added. “Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate #censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.…I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight,” she wrote.Reached Sunday, Alfonsi said, “I refer all questions to #BariWeiss.”#Trump #StateMedia
(DIR) Post #B1VcsYRKV0IYMrL3hY by alex_p_roe@mastodon.world
2025-12-22T14:16:45Z
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@Nonilex Everything Trump touches, dies.
(DIR) Post #B1Vd4dVpStwLZiCjCa by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-12-22T14:18:56Z
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@Nonilex Shouldn't the Ellisons be answering questions about this too?
(DIR) Post #B1VdOESIKu2peatYsS by dbc3@mastodon.world
2025-12-22T14:22:29Z
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@Nonilex Everyone associated with 60 Minutes, or for that matter with CBS, should walk out. Some indie group with utube channel could hire the 60 min team and run the show in same timeslot. Advertising should sell well, & keep paying with every download in following days. The traditional broadcast networks have all been corrupted beyond salvage by the billionaire crowd. It is key to their world dominion strategy. Fuck them. Kill the networks. They insist tech will rule. Use it against them.
(DIR) Post #B1VefkLL8BnjQfYcUa by crapaud@mstdn.social
2025-12-22T14:35:59Z
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@Nonilex Never change, Bari.
(DIR) Post #B1Vf0sv6RCms6wMg6q by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:39:25Z
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And of course…Monday, Paramount’s new, hostile offer to #WarnerBrosDiscovery: #LarryEllison will personally guarantee $40 billion#Paramount said on Monday that Larry Ellison, father of Paramount’s chief executive #NepoBaby #DavidEllison, is personally guaranteeing the roughly $40.4 billion in equity that the company is offering as part of its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #law https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/media/paramount-warner-bros-ellisons-revised-deal?cid=ios_app
(DIR) Post #B1VfDwgZkSSFYRnVvE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:42:50Z
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The #WarnerBrosDiscovery board of directors has rejected Paramount’s bid multiple times, opting instead to go with an offer from #Netflix, which #WBD says is more valuable. The board also said #Paramount has misrepresented itself to WBD shareholders, calling into question the legitimacy of the deal’s “illusory” proposed financing.#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #law
(DIR) Post #B1VfWIO9nPtw4rvsCu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:46:22Z
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To counteract that critique, #Paramount said #Oracle founder #LarryEllison – the father of Paramount CEO #DavidEllison – will guarantee all $40.4 billion of the equity he’s putting up to finance the $78 billion deal. That’s a big guarantee, putting Larry Ellison on the hook for about a sixth of his roughly $250 billion net worth if something falls through.#billionaires #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #WarnerBrosDiscovery #WBD #Netflix #law
(DIR) Post #B1VfeP4MqBwf79XfhA by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:47:51Z
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@Nonilex We may see a time where major media outlets lose all their journalists. It would be remarkable if the process meant that journalists started their own platforms. Look at Medhi Hasan.
(DIR) Post #B1VgXZRJzCPVCiaIHw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T14:57:50Z
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Just a reminder — #LarryEllison participated in #Trump’s #coup attempt.Larry Ellison, #billionaire co-founder & chairman of the software company #Oracle & the biggest backer of #ElonMusk’s #Twitter takeover, participated in a call shortly after the #2020election that focused on strategies for contesting the “legitimacy” of the vote, acc/to court documents & a participant.#law #billionaires #ElectionInterference #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
(DIR) Post #B1VgYV63cPrc1Z58CG by Ponygirl@mastodon.social
2025-12-22T14:57:57Z
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@Nonilex The evil that we are steeping in right now is astounding. Brought to us by billionaires- the true enemy of the people.
(DIR) Post #B1Vh5azGjrhDqjggVM by Remittancegirl@mstdn.social
2025-12-22T15:03:55Z
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@Nonilex And just in case you don’t have a subscription (which I no longer do) https://archive.is/T2TKd
(DIR) Post #B1VhNX1AEfwWkd7tqK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T15:07:14Z
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#LarryEllison was also accused of conspiring to ethnically cleanse #Palestinians from #Israel-occupied territories, committing #WarCrimes, & funding #genocide. Though the lawsuit was dismissed.#billionaires #Plutocracy #money #power #media #StateMedia #FreePress #censorship #antitrust #WarnerBrosDiscovery #WBD #Paramount #Oracle #law https://www.reuters.com/article/world/palestinians-lawsuit-in-us-vs-adelson-others-is-revived-idUSKCN1Q826S/
(DIR) Post #B1Vjaul3TuIu3L6JKS by lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social
2025-12-22T15:31:38Z
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@Nonilex I was not aware of Ellison’s participation and I followed the before and after of #J6th pretty closely. Thank you for sharing this information!
(DIR) Post #B1VmhZVpAcdA3AqJTE by pst@tldr.nettime.org
2025-12-22T15:48:02Z
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@robert @Nonilex #Oracle Ellison is also a major supporter of the Tony Blair institute, which is influencing Starmer's government to adopt AI, digital ID's and other dangerous tech.
(DIR) Post #B1VmhagUoQlFgYqLk8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T16:06:34Z
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@pst @robert And Tony Blair is meant to be on the “panel” to govern Gaza with Trump. It’s all so utterly corrupt.
(DIR) Post #B1VnQxx59QSosbEodc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-22T16:15:04Z
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Then there’s the whole southern plantation / Scottish Highlands crofting chimera that #LarryEllison has going on with #Oracle in Lānaʻi, Hawaii.#billionaires #Plutocracy #money #power #law
(DIR) Post #B1Vp7OX4obzfQzryYi by cmthiede@social.vivaldi.net
2025-12-22T16:33:01Z
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@Nonilex
(DIR) Post #B1VtLcEn3ZaLoKLwES by Amoshias@esq.social
2025-12-22T17:21:15Z
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@Nonilex however it's important to remember that while 40b is a lot of money, the equivalent amount of money coming from you or me is... $0. I'm not bad off but I would still care if I dropped $100 in the street. $40b does not matter IN ANY WAY to Ellison, just like setting $44b on fire didn't matter to Musk. Their lives will not change in any way as a result of the loss.
(DIR) Post #B1Wb3BQMPCLDQAmm2a by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-12-23T01:30:55Z
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@Nonilex Smart choice. Plus, if Larry Ellison needed to personally guarantee his company's bid for WBD, it wasn't a serious bid to start with.