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Steve Kroft Spills Dirt On 30-Year CBS Gig: 'I Hated It"
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (180+ words) Former 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft admitted to Bill O'Reilly that he "hated" his 30 season gig with CBS and he wouldn't do it again if he had a do-over. Kroft joined O'Reilly on the recently-launched We'll Do It Live! podcast where…...
Jim Acosta Attacks Trump FCC Chief in Over-the-Top Press Freedom Rant
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (700+ words) Independent journalist Jim Acosta told SiriusXM radio host'Dean Obeidallah that Trump FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's children should be ashamed of their "scumbag" father in an over-the-top rant accusing Carr of attacking press freedom. Carr took a victory lap at CPAC…...
ONE SHEET: CNN’s Podcast School, Carr’s CPAC Victory Lap and Dokoupil’s Hair
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (322+ words) Today's sources: Status | Semafor | Playbook | To the Contrary | Newsbusters | The Free Press | The Desk | CJR | Poynter | The Ankler | Page Six Hollywood | Simon Owens | Nieman Lab The newsletter class has spent the better part of the last week cataloguing an uncomfortable…...
Politico Names New Editor in Chief Amid Industry Buzz
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (380+ words) Politico has selected Jonathan Greenberger to be its new editor in chief, the Wall Street Journal first reported on Sunday " in a scoop later confirmed by the outlet itself. The 42-year-old " who has been a vice president at the outlet…...
‘Completely Unacceptable!’ Jake Tapper Condemns Detention of CNN Crew in Israel — As Correspondent Tells Him IDF Troops Reacted ‘Quite Violently’
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (205+ words) CNN correspondent Jeremy Diamond shared more details on Sunday about what happened a day earlier, when his camera man was assaulted and his crew was detained for two hours by Israeli Defense Forces troops while reporting on Israeli settlers who…...
‘So Cringe’: Ex-CNN Host Don Lemon Roasts His Old Employer for Experimenting With Podcast-Like Setups
1+ week, 2+ day ago (204+ words) Former CNN host Don Lemon explained Wednesday why he's not a fan of his former employer experimenting with a new podcast-like look in its programming. Speaking to Mediaite founding Colby Hall on Wednesday's episode of The Don Lemon Show, Lemon…...
Overhyped? New Poll Suggests Americans Are Shunning AI as a Breaking News Source
1+ week, 4+ day ago (143+ words) Only 1% of the poll respondents " below the poll's 1.8% margin of error " said they turn first to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Grok on Elon Musk's X platform. Five percent of respondents said they consult other sources or don't…...
ONE SHEET: CNN’s Looming Cuts, From Radio Caller to Federal Policy, and Trump’s Mueller Death Diss
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1348+ words) In today's one sheet we note looming cuts at CNN, how a radio caller's suggestion led to federal policy and Trump's death diss of Robert Mueller....
Conservatives Call Out Ex-CBS Reporter’s Move to Left-Wing Outfit: ‘Why No One Trusts Corporate Media’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (597+ words) Recently-departed CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane'is getting mocked by a number of prominent conservative pundits for joining the anti-Trump MediasTouch Network on Monday, with critics saying MacFarlane's move shows he was always a biased liberal commentator pretending to be an…...
CBS Confirms Fresh Round of Layoffs with Blunt Message
2+ week, 1+ day ago (289+ words) CBS News will conduct new layoffs on Friday after an email to staff from editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Mediaite has learned. Weiss reportedly recently mentioned major changes coming to CBS staff, citing the "tsunami of technological change" in media, according to…...