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Swede

(40,311 posts) Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:29 PM 22 hrs ago

Bari Weiss email asking "can we make the protesters look more violent?" Scott Pelley

Garbage in, garbage out with Weiss and her rightwing bs.

PELLEY: â€œ.. And about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent?â€

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Bari Weiss email asking "can we make the protesters look more violent?" Scott Pelley (Original Post) Swede 22 hrs ago OP

Can Pelley make Weiss look any smaller? Sneederbunk 22 hrs ago #1

He's a professional and most likely has lots of receipts Deuxcents 22 hrs ago #2

Weiss is evil and Scott Pelley is Cha 21 hrs ago #9

Kick dalton99a 22 hrs ago #3

Disgusting! TY Scott Pelly. electric_blue68 22 hrs ago #4

The trash will always find ways to demonize any protestors fighting for human rights SunImp 22 hrs ago #5

WTAF! yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #6

That's SOP at Faux Nooze. rubbersole 21 hrs ago #7

Whoa! That little evil *****. Not Cha 21 hrs ago #8

"can we make the protesters look more violent?" J_William_Ryan 21 hrs ago #10

I'm sure this will be one of the leading stories on AM radio and FOX on Monday... progressoid 21 hrs ago #11

I dont know why Stahl & the rest said they'd stay. Start a NEW show on ABC/NBC Callie1979 21 hrs ago #12

Kick. N/T Upthevibe 20 hrs ago #13

I'd love to see them interview him on 60 Minutes. SeattleVet 20 hrs ago #14

Bari, if you have to spin the facts to purportedly un-bias the story, then you are the bias you claim to hate. n/t Beartracks 20 hrs ago #15

Just wondering if Bari Weiss's request was an johnnyfins 20 hrs ago #16

Weiss is clearly trying to turn CBS into another 'Faux News Channel' Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #17

She can shove her Nazi propaganda where the sun don't shine Blue Owl 19 hrs ago #18

Sneederbunk

(17,678 posts)

1. Can Pelley make Weiss look any smaller?

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:33 PM

22 hrs ago

Deuxcents

(27,939 posts)

2. He's a professional and most likely has lots of receipts

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:37 PM

22 hrs ago

Cha

(321,162 posts)

9. Weiss is evil and Scott Pelley is

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:41 PM

21 hrs ago

showing the World what he just got fired from.

dalton99a

(95,827 posts)

3. Kick

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:40 PM

22 hrs ago

electric_blue68

(27,602 posts)

4. Disgusting! TY Scott Pelly.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:49 PM

22 hrs ago

SunImp

(2,737 posts)

5. The trash will always find ways to demonize any protestors fighting for human rights

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:49 PM

22 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(6,677 posts)

6. WTAF!

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:51 PM

22 hrs ago

rubbersole

(11,311 posts)

7. That's SOP at Faux Nooze.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:28 PM

21 hrs ago

Lie, embellish, twist, censor, ridicule and completely ignore journalistic standards. Propaganda 101. It's working.

Cha

(321,162 posts)

8. Whoa! That little evil *****. Not

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:38 PM

21 hrs ago

surprising, just vicious evil And shows how "violent" Weiss is and stupid.

J_William_Ryan

(3,618 posts)

10. "can we make the protesters look more violent?"

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:44 PM

21 hrs ago

Such is the fascist right – dishonest, reprehensible.

progressoid

(53,436 posts)

11. I'm sure this will be one of the leading stories on AM radio and FOX on Monday...

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:46 PM

21 hrs ago

not.

Callie1979

(1,458 posts)

12. I dont know why Stahl & the rest said they'd stay. Start a NEW show on ABC/NBC

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:53 PM

21 hrs ago

They're all wealthy they dont NEED to stay at SleezeBS

Upthevibe

(10,255 posts)

13. Kick. N/T

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:06 PM

20 hrs ago

SeattleVet

(5,951 posts)

14. I'd love to see them interview him on 60 Minutes.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:15 PM

20 hrs ago

Never gonna happen, but it's a nice mental image.

Beartracks

(14,693 posts)

15. Bari, if you have to spin the facts to purportedly un-bias the story, then you are the bias you claim to hate. n/t

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:41 PM

20 hrs ago

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johnnyfins

(4,095 posts)

16. Just wondering if Bari Weiss's request was an

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:54 PM

20 hrs ago

Ask of Krisi Noem? Or that Miller creep.

Jack Valentino

(5,290 posts)

17. Weiss is clearly trying to turn CBS into another 'Faux News Channel'

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:02 PM

20 hrs ago

Blue Owl

(59,788 posts)

18. She can shove her Nazi propaganda where the sun don't shine

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:40 PM

19 hrs ago

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