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Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and 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.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
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.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. 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.
Sharyn

December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM

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eva (^_^)/

@eva.computer

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM

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Yonah Freemark

@yonahfreemark.com

NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Congestion pricing has improved life in New York City by: reducing cars on the street, speeding traffic (especially at peak hours), speeding buses and making them more reliable, expanding transit ridership, reducing car crashes, reducing noise complaints, and increasing the number of visitors.

Fire response times fell in the NYC congestion zone, even as they increased in the rest of the city.

Car crashes with injuries fell citywide, but they fell especially dramatically in the congestion pricing zone from 2024 to 2025

Local buses have sped up dramatically in the congestion pricing zone.

May 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM

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Michael Leibel

@michaelleibel.com

Is Henry Blodget ok

April 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM

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@keptsimple.bsky.social

I've said this a million times at this point: I've worked in extremely "woke" social justice spaces my entire adult life and this simply didn't happen.

dachte @dachte.bsky.social · Apr 13

All these linguistic changes are stupid and should be resisted; forced in this case means some institutions adopted policies on use of this kind of language, occasionally defined it as harassment when people didn't go along with it, and at lightest in some places there was intense social pressure.

April 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM

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Jeff Yang

@originalsp.in

“Besties!” / “Fuck off”

Secretary Marco Rubio
@SecR... • 19h
Met with Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen in Brussels today to talk about the defense priorities shared by our two nations. We discussed the importance of increasing burden sharing within NATO and addressing threats to the Alliance.
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Lars Lokke Rasmussen @larsloekke • 6h
Honest and direct meeting with @SecRubio yesterday. I made it crystal clear that claims and statements about annexing Greenland are not only unacceptable and disrespectful. They amount to a violation of international law.
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April 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM

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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

4. With her consent, the University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing. Her research focuses on how young adults can use social media in positive, prosocial ways and she is described by her faculty as a hard-working student dedicated to her studies and the Tufts community. The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of support for Ms. Öztürk over the last week from Tufts students, faculty and staff. These individuals have described Ms. Öztürk as a valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits and committed to her colleagues.

April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM

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it's gita time

@xoxogossipgita.bsky.social

Hayao Miyazaki should be allowed to kill at least one person

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Mar 27

Hayao Miyazaki, who said AI is an "insult to life itself," would probably hate all the AI-generated art ripping his studio's style that people in the AI industry are now obsessed with www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...

Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI

The internet is flooded with AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli, whose founder said “I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”

www.404media.co

March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped

‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum

With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.

www.wsj.com

March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️

@schwarz.bsky.social

It seem insane for a US Senator to say we've all been subjected to "a relentless bombardment of Marxist propaganda." But what he means by this is 1) there was a Burger King ad with an interracial couple and 2) Star Wars Episodes VII-IX had a female lead.