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(Photo via NYT) New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger delivered a scathing public broadside against CBS News on Thursday as he accused the network of reshaping its journalism to better “align” with President Donald Trump under its new ownership. Speaking at an event hosted by Yale Law School’s Floyd Abrams Institute, Sulzberger condemned what he described as growing “capitulation” by major media companies to “placate” Trump in response to his escalating attacks on the press. Sulzberger reserved his sharpest criticism for Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, whose company recently took control of CBS and steered changes inside CBS News by appointing Bari Weiss, a former Times columnist, as editor-in-chief. Weiss has overseen a string of editorial and staffing shakeups, including elevating Tony Dokoupil to anchor CBS Evening News and taking a more active role in shaping 60 Minutes’ coverage. “The administration has effectively steered a broadcast outlet, CBS, and a social media platform, TikTok, into the hands of one of the president’s wealthiest supporters – with a cable news channel, CNN, likely to follow later this year,” he said. He continued: “Under this new ownership, CBS has already altered programming, personnel, and policies in ways that align more closely with the administration’s preferences. Dispensing with even the pretense of journalistic norms, CBS and its owners recently hosted a party ‘honoring the Trump White House.’” Sulzberger broadened his attack beyond CBS, warning that parts of the media industry were retreating rather than confronting pressure from the Trump administration. “Those who have settled winnable cases to appease the administration or advance their business interests,” he said. “Those who have transformed their editorial pages to placate the president. Those who have let the president rewrite their style guides, telling themselves it’s harmless to swap out the Gulf of Mexico for the Gulf of America to avoid something worse.” “Such capitulation, even seemingly small instances of it, serves only to embolden the administration to keep attacking the press,” he continued. Sulzberger also referenced the Times’ lawsuit against the Pentagon over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and new press restrictions, saying some media executives privately urged restraint. “Many of our peers argued that, given Trump’s frequent attacks on the press, this one was worth letting go,” Sulzberger said. “Several told me directly that they feared sticking their necks out would invite retaliation.” “But rights are just ink on paper unless they’re exercised,” he added.The post NY Times Publisher… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘Don’t Amount to a Bucket of Spit’ MS NOW Host Goes Off on Logic Behind Re...
MS NOW’s Michael Steele confronted a Democratic National Committee (DNC) official on Thursday over the logic behind releasing an autopsy report on former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 election loss. DNC Chair Ken Martin released the report this week under growing pressure from others within the party. He included a disclaimer saying the report does not meet his standards. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-ID), an associate DNC chair, joined MS NOW’s The Weeknight where she defended Martin, but stressed he was not in charge of the autopsy report itself and it’s time to “move on.” Steele could not wrap his head around the timing, arguing that the DNC decided to stall the momentum Democrats may have had after recent special elections victories. Steele, who served as RNC chair from 2009 to 2011, trashed the autopsy report itself, saying it presents nothing new and doesn’t “amount to a bucket of spit.” All it’s done, he warned Beatty, is give Republicans a distraction to “talk about.” He said: I don’t understand why y’all can’t get out of your own way. This is a report that should have been released at the time because what I’ve just heard from you is that nothing in that report has changed from the day it was first released to today. So if you’ve changed nothing, if you have not cleaned it up, if you’ve not made it better, if you’ve not answered the constituent questions within the DNC, why are you doing this today? And why has the chairman or anyone else in the leadership decided to take away the momentum? We are wasting a segment of this hour talking about something other than the things you leveled up, which is what you’ve been doing and communicating with the American people to move them to the point where you have won 37 special elections. So why are you getting in your own way with a report that don’t amount to a bucket of spit? In terms of your ability to win this November, we are watching this administration strip mine, strip mine the American economy, strip mine the kitchen tables of the American people. The party is sitting here talking about a report that no one cares about, your own words. So help me understand why, to Symone’s first point, why get it out of the way? I wouldn’t release the thing at all at… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘Fact Check: True!’ Jake Tapper Roasts Trump for Bizarre Riff on Son’s Wed...CNN anchor Jake Tapper roasted President Donald Trump over a weird comment he made during a riff on first son Donald Trump Jr.’s upcoming wedding, which he may or may not attend. The president’s oldest son is marrying Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in a “small” ceremony on an island in the Bahamas this weekend — but insiders told CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene that Trump will not be there. That’s entirely consistent with the response Trump gave when he was asked about the wedding in the Oval Office on Thursday. On Thursday’s edition of CNN’s The Lead, Tapper bantered with John Avlon and Alyssa Farah Griffin about the exchange, and laughed at one of the more curious things Trump said: TAPPER: So, speaking of interesting timing, the President was asked today if he plans to attend his son, Donald Trump Jr.’s, upcoming wedding to Florida socialite and model Bettina Anderson, I think, am I pronouncing that right? Bettina Anderson. Here’s his response. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your son’s wedding this weekend, by the way? TRUMP: He’d like me to go, but it’s going to be just a small little private affair, and I’m going to try and make it. I’m in the midst. I said, you know, this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things. That’s one I can’t win on. (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: Alyssa, is he really going to skip Don Jr.’s wedding? GRIFFIN: You got to go, Mr. President. Please go to your son’s wedding. I’m certain he will go. I think the optics of missing it would be terrible. And I actually think that clip goes on to him say, I’ve known him for a very long time. That is his child, of course. (LAUGHTER) TAPPER: That’s true. Fact check, true! He has kno — Donald Trump has known Donald Trump Jr. for a very — AVLON: Very long time. GRIFFIN: But I wish the happy couple their best. But, yes, the President — TAPPER: We all do. And we wish that the father was there. AVLON: That’d be nice. TAPPER: Of course. Thanks to both of you. During the exchange, Trump said, “But he’s uh — and a very — person I’ve known for a long time. And hopefully they’re going to have a great marriage,” which some took as a reference to his son… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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Bungie said the online shooter will get its final update on 9 June but will still be playable. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Stephen Colbert Sticks It to CBS in Peanuts Copyright Lawsuit Gag During Final L...Stephen Colbert toyed with saddling CBS with a copyright lawsuit, a roundabout dig at the network that said it canceled his show for financial reasons, by setting up to have The Late Show’s in-house band play the Peanuts theme song, “Linus and Lucy.” The moment came during the show’s final episode on Thursday as part of Colbert’s long-running “Meanwhile” segment, where he riffed on news that the company controlling Peanuts music rights had filed lawsuits against people allegedly using the song illegally, including the government. “Now, Peanuts is a powerful brand and corporation in and of itself,” Colbert told bandleader Louis Cato. “Anyone illegally using that music is going to have to pay through the nose,” Almost immediately, the house band launched into the famous Charlie Brown piano tune. A stunned Colbert turned back toward the band, “Louis! Louis!” “Excuse me, Louis, is the band, is the band right now playing the same Peanuts music that I just said people are being sued for, for using without permission? Is that what you’re doing?” When Cato confirmed they were, Colbert delivered the punchline with feigned shock: “Oh no, I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money.” Thursday’s finale was packed with celebrity appearances and nostalgic callbacks, concluding in a final interview with Paul McCartney. But the copyright joke quickly emerged as one of the night’s defining moments. When it announced it would be axing The Late Show last July, CBS insisted that the move was “purely a financial decision” unrelated to the show’s content or performance. The announcement came, however, shortly after Colbert publicly criticized Paramount, CBS’s parent company, over its $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump. At the time, Paramount was seeking federal approval for a merger with Skydance Media, which was later approved. Watch above via CBS.The post Stephen Colbert Sticks It to CBS in Peanuts Copyright Lawsuit Gag During Final Late Show first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- JUST IN: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Now Under Police Investigation Over Epstein-...
Press Association via AP Images U.K. police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew — over his links to Jeffrey Epstein are reportedly expanding the scope of their probe to examine potential sex crimes and urging alleged Epstein survivors to come forward. Detectives in London are looking to speak with a woman who claims she was taken to the former prince’s Windsor residence “for sexual purposes” as part of what officials reportedly believe could become a lengthy and widening inquiry, according to Sky News. Andrew, the brother of King Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing but remains under investigation after he was arrested three months ago in a pre-dawn raid at his Norfolk home. The arrest came on his 66th birthday following the release of Justice Department files tied to Epstein earlier this year. Andrew was initially questioned on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he shared sensitive government and commercial information with Epstein during his time as a U.K. trade envoy. The reported focus on possible sex offences marks a significant escalation in the investigation surrounding Andrew’s long-scrutinized relationship with Epstein, who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Officers from Thames Valley Police have already interviewed multiple witnesses, according to Sky News. They are assessing allegations that Epstein sent a non-British woman to the U.K. in 2010 for a sexual encounter with Andrew. Detectives have reportedly not yet interviewed the woman involved. U.K. investigators are also reportedly seeking access to unredacted Epstein files from the Justice Department, which sources believe could advance the inquiry. Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his “prince” title by his brother in 2025 and given formal notice to surrender his royal residence, as further disclosures revealed more about his past association with Epstein.The post JUST IN: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Now Under Police Investigation Over Epstein-Related Sex Crimes first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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