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ilamont 2 days 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 days ago [-]
a third of the population thinks they have no choice but accept the far right capitalists.
1attice 2 days 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 days 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 days 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.
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,
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.
He's clearly succeeding at destroying the checks and balances of media. And Weiss and Bilton are his tools.
[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...