Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at '60 Minutes'

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html

by ohjeez • 2 months ago

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ilamont• 2 months ago

Pelley and Garcia-Navarro spend a lot of time talking about the shortcomings of Weiss and Bilton, and really seem to give David Ellison the benefit of the doubt.

It should be the other way around. Ellison is completely out of his depth, trying to fulfill a lifelong dream of being a Hollywood player. He tried the actor route, and that didn't work out, so now it's major studio acquisitions on daddy's dime.

He made terrible calls hiring Weiss and Bilton, and now it looks like 60 Minutes is going to go the way of other failed newsroom makeovers by clueless rich guys. See: Bezos buying the Washington Post,

cyanydeez• 2 months ago

a third of the population thinks they have no choice but accept the far right capitalists.

1attice• 2 months ago

Historically normal. Inevitability is the critical tool in the autocratic playbook. This is why they work relentlessly to suppress any sort of synchronization signal between their opponents; it is effective at making things feel hopeless, and making the resisters feel isolated.

Cf Putin, Germany of a certain vintage.

The solution is rhythm and trust. You do things regularly and predictably whenever it is safe to do so -- potlucks, rallies -- and recharge trust in those moments, hopefully enough to carry you through until the next one.

That is how you resist autocracy.

ZeroGravitas• 1 month ago

What do you think Ellison is failing at?

He's clearly succeeding at destroying the checks and balances of media. And Weiss and Bilton are his tools.

hn_acker• 2 months ago

Gift link at [1], which I found from [2][3]. NYT has blocked archive sites for a while now. I recommend against posting NYT articles unless someone has a gift link.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-int...

[2] https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3mnp5zxsmjk2g

[3] https://bsky.app/profile/aaronhuertas.bsky.social/post/3mnp6...

Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at '60 Minutes'

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