Ep. 2437 - Left WEEPS As Bari Weiss FIRES 60 Minutes Host
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The left's institutional control is falling apart. They thought they had the government, and then President Trump won, and the Republicans won. And they thought they had the media as well. More than anything, they thought they had the media. But last night, that magical world dissolved before their very eyes as CBS News fired longtime 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley, making clear that no longer would that show be an agitprop outlet for the left. But without institutional control, what happens to the left? What do they do next? The answer, they move even further to the left. We'll get into all of that. Plus, Megyn Kelly on Sean Ryan and Marco Rubio destroys and a lot more. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.
Why did CBS fire Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes?
Well, folks, it looks like another ex-Legacy journalist is joining Substack. His lifelong dream is coming true. Scott Pelley is headed over to Substack. So here is the left wing and mainstream media narrative today. 60 Minutes was a magical place filled with objective journalism. And then right wing fire breather Barry Weiss and her evil Zionist paymasters arrived. And now they're firing stalwart old style journalist Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes. How dare they touch this bastion of journalistic integrity? That narrative is not so true. 60 Minutes was never objective. It was always a left-wing outlet.
What implications does the firing of Scott Pelley have for the Left?
That's the reason why the left is angry that changes are being made today. If it were objective and Barry Weiss made changes, they would not be so upset. They saw this as their institutional preserve. And now that preserve has been violated. Like a naturally beautiful piece of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is being touched by human hands. It must not be. Also, they've been promoting this notion that Barry Weiss is some sort of flaming right-winger. That's crazy. I'm sorry, that's nuts. I'm friends with Barry. Barry is not right-wing on a huge number of issues. She is pro-LGBT, obviously. She is pro-choice, obviously. She used to describe herself as a center-left person. If you went back about 25 years, she would be a moderate Democrat.
Barry Weiss is the person described in the famous Elon Musk, Colin Wright, swipe right chart. You know, the one that shows that in 2008, people who are on the center left were next to the people on the left and people on the right were far away. And that as the left moved further and further to the left, people who are center left were still close to the center. And then by now, everybody who is center left is now considered right wing because the left is just so far to the left. Barry Weiss and Bill Maher basically have the same political positions. I disagree with both of them a lot. The fact that Barry Weiss is now considered some sort of flaming right winger is nuts. It is crazy towns. It's crazy towns.
The reason that's happened, obviously, is because the left has gone so totally insane. And so people like Barry, who I am sure voted Democrat many times, is now considered, again, some sort of arch conservative. So what is the actual story here? The key story here? The real key story here is the Democrats are losing control of a lot of their key institutions. That if there's any overarching sort of theme to the Trump era, it is that Democrats thought they had undeniable control of basically every key institution in American life.
How has the Left reacted to changes in mainstream media?
And one by one, That's coming apart for them. So 60 Minutes, again, was considered sort of the tip of the spear in the objective journalism universe. And I'm using scare quotes there for those who can't see, because those of us who've been watching mainstream legacy media for a long time recognize that the so-called objective media is usually anything but. Usually it is just a liberal leaning group of people who pretend to be objective. In any case, Scott Pelley was fired. And the reason he was fired is because There were changes made over at 60 Minutes. Nick Bilton, who's a tech journalist and filmmaker, he was appointed to shake up 60 Minutes because, again, the ratings were not amazing. And also they'd had some problems in terms of journalistic integrity.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:43
2
Why did CBS fire Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes?
0:43–1:22
3
What implications does the firing of Scott Pelley have for the Left?
1:22–3:10
4
How has the Left reacted to changes in mainstream media?
3:10–5:02
5
What is the significance of Barry Weiss in the media landscape?
5:02–10:28
6
How are recent election results impacting the Democratic Party?
10:28–26:09
7
What does the future hold for the Democratic Party's direction?
26:09–59:50
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