Damn. I suppose Trump thinks he won this dirty battle, but it is Bill Owens’ honor, integrity, and commitment to the truth that rise above and seize the day.

Now go listen to Governor Pritzker tonight.

He was fantastic! We need every Democrat politician to speak with that energy and urgency AND follow through with action.

YES YES YES NO FEAR JUST FIGHT

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Trump is a thug so simply doing what the criminal does. Redstone is a business exec so simply doing things for her pay and the ladder she climbs. that's where corp media ends up. they shouldn't claim themselves as journalists.

Super sad that this is the time we are living in

This is true in every MSM company in America. Look up the parent company of any major MSM in the US, check to see who the CEO/Chairman of the board is and you will see they have very close ties to Israel. The Trump administration is backing Israel. Nothing pro-Palestinian or anti-Trump is allowed.

Maybe just maybe those CEOs know a thing or two..

A president should be required to act his age! Stage situations that will test their maturity, responsibility, thinking skills, etc. Depending on how he does his appointment to office, which would be in question.

That message brought to you by the awful people at United Healthcare.

Isn’t this because a nepo wife Redstone wants to buy off the Tubby heart failure President so she can merge Paramount? Correct me if I’m wrong. Can’t sit still for a little bit?

pretty much

Stunning. We much more of this. Spines, where are you ?

Product shortages and high prices will be the thing that gets people's attention.

I listened. Bill should not have quit. He should have stayed to ensure integrity and been vocal about it. Of course he wouldn’t have been able to do that. So he chose not to get fired. They should say this.

Did you read the Threads article? There's a lot more there. Since they're telling the real story his leaving will no doubt hurt 60 Minutes and CBS's "handlers." IMO it's about the strongest thing he could do under the circumstances.

I read the report from NPR. Which article are you referring to? His leaving has certainly brought attention to the pressure Trump is wielding. His staying and getting fired would really expose it. Many in the press are faced w/this. But he was at the top and should have rode it out imo.

60' is compromised. Do not watch it after this.

Independent journalism is essential.

Amazing

I watched and cried ! Right in front of our eyes and still hard to believe ! 😥

Thanks, Joyce. I listened. So tired of this counting both the heroes who stand up for real news and the cowards who capitulate. Shame for one, thanks for the others.

Stopped me in my tracks. My husband and I locked eyes and said.. it’s happening and it’s true. A dark and cold shudder from both of us. The storm is on top of us.

Hope they will continue to push back and keep the powers that be from silencing them. We are watching a far-right attack on the media in this country. Make no mistake about this. They want to silence the freedom of the press.

Cancelled my Paramount Plus subscription because of this.

I’m tearing up watching this, having grown up with Walter Cronkite and being a J-School graduate. Thank god for independent media.

Nothing good will come of a merger that Trump has any control over.

and the deep Irony " the last Minute of 60 Minutes is sponsored by United Healthcare"... where many last minutes have come sooner than necessary by denial of service..

I watched “60 Minutes”

Still one of my favorite shows

That is powerful! I wonder how it will affect audience numbers?

Wow!!!!

Oh saw this and almost cried myself!

Wow. Heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time.

We need fearless journalism & truth tellers, NOT cowards like Paramount! CBS feedback form if you want to contact them to raise some Cain about cowering to Trump and forcing out the 60 minutes Executive Producer. Paramount is over CBS www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

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A true journalist knows it takes only a few words to speak truthfully and powerfully. This is a masterclass. Paramount chose money over truth in journalism. Paramount executives don’t know it, yet, but they lost today #60Minutes

excellent piece. interesting that united health care bought the spot........

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It’s the Heritage foundation the Owner of Project 2025 They want this country All White with Christian values Sorry to disappoint GODS son died on the cross to gave us All Free Will !!

Lenny Leo and Opus Dei. F ing hypocrites.

Sponsored by United Healthcare lmao

Sorry to see him go, but glad that he was able to draw a line in the sand and honor it. 60 Minutes was blessed to have this guy. Paramount- You deserve whatever you receive, and if it’s the blessing of the #felon, may you regret it, just as Columbia University has. Democracy deserves better.

I watched that this evening. Really hits hard. I feel fearful that the propaganda is going to be forced into this network and others. The quote most striking is: “he felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

Saw it. It was awesome.

And here we are, America. News Flash 😡🇺🇸

Oooosh. Joyce ... it did literally bring tears to my eyes.

It's said he was the last vestige of the days and honor of Edward R Murrow, Conkrite, and Rather. Murrow and Fred Friendly were both committed and brave. Becoming clear that new media - Meidas, BTC, and others, will be the ones to carry that torch. Paramount, Fox and SBG can suck a big one.

Interesting - sponsored by united healthcare.

I understood the gravity of Bill Owens decision. What Paramount is vacuous of ? Is the mass tonage of damage they are about to accumulate in the wake. BOYCOTT PARAMOUNT

#Respect #Courage #StopTrumpNow

Just blocked 60 Minutes. So sad that this happened, but I won't participate in anything or anyone that capitulates.

60 minutes didn’t capitulate. CBS did.

True

Yep. :/

Remember this is happening in the USA. Not some 3rd world banana republic. This is here in the UNITED STATES! You idiot 77 million plus voters did this to us!

Also non voters.

And 3rd party voters

More detailed account about Paramount, Bill Owens, & 60 Minutes by Dan Rather: 👇 steady.substack.com/p/meet-the-h...

Once known as ‘the Tiffany Network’ CBS is now ‘Macy’s Bargain Basement’.

You will be missed Bill

The irony of the ad being for united healthcare is not lost on me 😩

Cancel your Paramount subscription. It’s the easiest way to fight back.

We have got to figure out how to stop this. He is NOT omnipotent, he is a crazy, demented old, asshole.

That’s disgusting and disrespectful and makes me so angry and he had to resign.

I need more true journalism like this!!

yawn. until they all quit this is just... nothing.

That last minute WOW!

I hope we will see independent journalism flourish and become mainstream, because the status quo isn't viable.

Wow

This brought years to my eyes.

How many good people have to leave a job they do w excellence to make trump happy in his foolishness? Experience and value we will never get back. Really Paramount? No streaming from you!

Mark this as a battle in the war against American democracy. Thank you, Bill for standing for integrity and for truth. And for taking one for the team.

Reads like an obit...for democracy.

@60minutes.bsky.social Thank you Scott Pelley for your Statement at the end of 60 minutes tonight regarding Bill Owen’s resigning. I hope Paramount doesn’t fire you for speaking truth to power.

Bill 'felt' he lost the independence that honest journalism requires. Felt, that said it all. This is nothing but an attempt by Paramount to use Bill's resignation to make themselves look understanding and sorry that he left. Trying to keep viewers on their side.

I saw it on TV and it is pathetic

Oh, that ending ad is on point, with what we know about the robo denials and such.

I trust 60 Minutes for good journalism/ investigative reporting. Let's push CBS/Paramount to stand fast instead of settling the bully's baseless lawsuit.

CBS waving the white flag. At least they're upfront. We can take broadcast journalism off the board.

but wait until the very end, and you'll see this .... YES...that United Healthcare. UnitedHealthcare tied for the highest denial rate among all Healthcare Insurers, denying about a third of in-network claims for plans sold on the Marketplace in 2023.

Yep, but those profits sure are healthy aren't they?

I thought this was from last week. If so, still great.

Very well said.

I just canceled @paramountplusbr.bsky.social and everyone else needs to also. Hit them where it hurts. You can watch anything there later. #cancelparamountplus

F**k @paramountplusbr.bsky.social, I’m canceling my subscription and we’re DONE w them forever! Corrupt pieces os!

Boycott

A gut punch.

Another obstacle out of the way and he removed himself making it easier for Trump’s regime

Billionaires are not human. Free healthcare kills billionaires. Billionaires are not human. I can’t believe the sponsor was united healthcare.

I'll have no time for CBS other than 'Jeopardy', and the NCIS off-springs.

I prefer to listen to the German translation version since it’s the same thing as 1933 Germany went thru

... America stopped what they were doing & and listened to Merrick Garland say. "No one is above the LAW." Then HE didn't do shit ...

He is complicit!

It was gutsy, well spoken and also frightening

Regime of Dictator...fragile egos hate the Truth and Truth tellers. #weseeyou

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It is just so awful!!!

I was raised in a 1 TV house. We watched what dad watched. That meant 60 Minutes every Sunday. The only night we got soda. An Evangelical GOP, my dad watched Fox til his death. As the hospice nurse injected morphine he closed his eyes, never learning of Collins impeachment betrayal minutes later.

It was perfect.

This is sad. Owned by another oligarch family.

It’s @joycewhitevance.bsky.social so, listen up!

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Beautiful and courageous

Well stated.

❤️

Could a new media company pick him up and give him the same freedom?

📌

💔

WTF?

I’m canceling Paramount

Uh oh. Scott Pelley is going to be called into Arthur Jensen's office and told: "YOU HAVE MEDDLED WITH THE FORCES OF NATURE, MR. PELLEY! AND YOU... MUST... ATONE! (Am I getting through to you, Mr. Pelley?)"

Wow!

Amazing.

What I found interesting was the sponsor is this. United health care can go gargle balls

the one company I cannot boycott

Awesome.

Thank you for sharing.

Scott Pelley is a class act and I could never imagine him otherwise. 💙🫂

And the "new and improved" 60 Minutes is wasting no time pumping out those lies

I am so glad Scott Pelley spoke truth to power 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’ve grown up watching much of 60 Minutes but fear their new leader will be a Trump sycophant. Sad for journalism. Sad for America.

Funny, sponsored by United Healthcare...

They can buy overpriced TV ad space but eff over their policyholders on claims. Long live Luigi!

Universal healthcare is the only solution The memory of Luigi will remain forever...

And yet there they all are … reporters who will obediently bend their knee to keep their jobs? Seems hypocritical to me.

Surely only time will tell on that?

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Corporate scum bootlickers

Yes!

So let me get this straight. CBS and their parent Paramount fold to Trump because they want a merger approval for Paramount. CBS can’t report the truth on 60 Minutes (or the nightly news). Their top producer resigns. But Trump STILL wants to pull CBS’s broadcasting license.

Yes, because they were 'nasty' to him in the past, he thinks, because they were fair to Harris. He never forgives that.

60 minutes has been a staple in this country. I will no longer watch this program after last nights episode. Wish this was not the case, but until things are made right and these networks put people > profits and unite around the truth, it’s a no from me.

Any person or company that gives in to Felon 47 and his administration of degenerates instantly loses my business and respect. F*ck Paramount!

The key sentence here is... **The Trump administration has to approve IT** This is where we are at... It is serious.

Sounds like they so very much want to nail Trump post-merger... with a show all about... the merger.

Heard loud and clear! Thank you @60minutes.bsky.social for truth telling. Journalism matters!

“… another edition of 60 Minutes. And by that, we mean a different one that is less independent, and more interested in boosting a selling price for our owner."

Thank you for sharing. The bully needs to be stopped!

If more journalists had made the same choice other than sacrifice ethical and moral character, we might not be in this situation.

The problem that Fortune 500 news has is that it is susceptible to pressure at the boardroom level. No this is not the first time. The 2004 Crucifixion Dan Rather was clearly politically driven and that not Rather's reporting is what ultimately did the most damage to CBS's credibility.

Who are they merging with and why does the President have to sign off on it?

Saw it tonight - powerful

It’s Sheri Redstone. So greedy & evil. Never enough money for her.

Thank you

😥

I feel like I could hear Scott choke up and that made me teary-eyed for the way things once were. I hate this new timeline!

I did. Paramount needing Trumps approval is idiotic.

If nothing else, the despot's regime has brought out people of great courage and integrity. It's unfortunate that they've been forced by their conscience to suffer the consequences of standing strong and tall against authoritarianism.

Thank you Joyce. They lost a good man. Unfortunately, a lot of good men and women are leaving their positions because of trump.

Sponsored by United Healthcare really took the punch out of that minute

So people are gonna watch that shit knowing it is no longer unbiased.

Canceled my subscription

Reliable coverage for your whole life ahead Pfft

No more Paramount here

Time to boycott #paramont

Already do g that to the best of my knowledge and ability 🌊

Seems like Parmount made a big mistake.

Integrity and Courage in the perfect moment are a beacon of light, albeit preciously rare. ✨💫 If only more would be inspired to follow his example.

Doing so well there up to the sponsorship by private healthcare - a somewhat dubious sponsor to have and worthy of a 60 Minutes investigation!

This brought tears to my eyes. Tears for what the staff at 60 Minutes have lost. Tears for what our country has lost. Tears for the loss of truth, integrity, and the free press. @60minutes.bsky.social

FU @paramountnewsbr.bsky.social @paramountplusbr.bsky.social

Well said, Scott!

First they came for the immigrants, but I wasn't an immigrant... then they came for the media, but I wasn't the media... then..

Brought to you by united healthcare

Such crap! I have loved that show for years!!

Will they be back? Same journalism or...?

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Respect

I did

It hurts

I was glad he spoke out - SHOCKED it was allowed

Yeah, I just heard that it is now going to be Russian television. We are in the twilight zone officially. Things are getting scary.🥺

You heard wrong. Skydance is not Russian. founder & CEO is David Ellison - he’s a movie producer. He’s the son of Larry Ellison who founded Oracle. While not in Trump’s inner circle, the elder Ellison has made donations to Trump’s AI project.

Shari Redstone When a billion or two just isn’t enough. It’s a sickness.

Bravo !!

Extraordinary moment last night. I applaud their courage!

LOVE the United Healthcare ad at the end. Yuck. 60 Minutes should do an episode on Luigi

Damn Diaper Don tRump and hoodlum buddies... they will suffer in hell!

There is no hell except the one we’re suffering here bc these degenerates are in our WH. The only justice that counts is on this planet WHILE THEY’RE STILL ALIVE!

Do the heads of these media companies know that they are not safe even if they comply with Trump?

They think doing him favors will protect them. But sociopaths don’t really grasp loyalty, so he’ll get them in the end.

Yep!

too much ownership of journalism outlets by companies and oligarchs. can't have a functioning democracy this way.

Yeah, all well and good;but CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, The NYT, The WAPO, and a number of other supposed mainstream media outlets did all they could to normalize the MAGA movement, AND TRUMP. I'm sorry if I can't muster up a tear, because he's coming after them now,even after taking a knee for him

Joyce is the bomb, You all need to listen to her. She has more education than the entire trump administration.

I have watched "60 Minutes" for years! At a time when so many CEOs of companies and law firms have capitulated under the Trump Administration, I have extreme admiration for Bill Owens. He is an inspiration, a man of integrity who speaks truth to power.

Once again, money over what’s right. Really sad for 60 minutes. It’s been a great show for so many years. We’ve watched it forever. We’re not gonna be watching it anymore because we don’t believe in it’s content.

We need fearless journalism & truth tellers, NOT cowards like Paramount! CBS feedback form if you want to contact them to raise some Cain about cowering to Trump and forcing out the 60 minutes Executive Producer. Paramount is over CBS www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

Not going to watch anymore ….

I'm going to watch for now. Pelley told the truth tonight and the next move is Paramount's. Nothing he said precludes reporters from walking out later. They also did a great job on the NIH story, and on the 9/11 story, which Senator Ron Johnson is now trying to call it an "inside job."

This was the most eloquent way of telling Paramount and the Trump Administration: "Fuck you AND yo mama! 🖕🖕"

Good for Pelley! I'm frankly surprised. Pleasantly so!

Interesting. Recently 60 Minutes and even Sunday Morning have been more pointed in the critical pieces v the cretin administration. Shari Redstone- don’t you have enough? I know you had to sleep with Summer until he was dust but don’t take that out on America

Wow.

I am disgusted by the implications of what he said here, but really encouraged to see that someone is speaking about it aloud. Trump has got to go.

Why is United Healthcare the sponsor?

They all should resign or it means nothing

Courageous. Journalism. We need so much more of this.

We need fearless journalism & truth tellers, NOT cowards like Paramount! CBS feedback form if you want to contact them to raise some Cain about cowering to Trump and forcing out the 60 minutes Executive Producer. Paramount is over CBS www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

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Did you know: Republicans control the House (who votes for impeachment), controls the Senate (who votes for removal), and the Judiciary (where Felon47 no doubt will run to in order to help him)? Only recourse is in 2026 midterms is flipping both houses. The Senate will need 8 seats for a majority

No shit. What I hear you saying is this: Until all the stars align and everything is perfect nobody should even consider talking about impeachment so sit down and shut up What I am going to do is : Continue pushing because just maybe a few in the minority will helps sway a few in the majority.

Every one of those protest marches should have a voter registration booth at the gathering point with interpreters & ways in which folks can check to see if they’re still on voter registration rolls in their State. R’s are doing whatever they can to keep power & this is where their line of attack is

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The only recourse we have is to keep marching, keep calling & organize by voting in off elections & primaries in our respective states. The real resistance lies within State government. Work to dismantle gerrymandered districts. Check your state’s elections board. Get folks registered to vote

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Not gonna happen. Republicans are all in for Felon47 & the ones that aren’t, are afraid of their lives (and the lives of their families) being harassed & killed by extreme MAGA - the Jan. 6th crowd. And they are afraid of being primaried, thus losing power.

Impeach. Convict. Remove. @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @repjasmine.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @reed.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov

I shut off my Paramount+ streaming tonight.

No longer will watch 60 minutes… they have bent the knee to Trump and can no longer be consider accurate news

We need fearless journalism & truth tellers, NOT cowards like Paramount! CBS feedback form if you want to contact them to raise some Cain about cowering to Trump and forcing out the 60 minutes Executive Producer. Paramount is over CBS www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

That’s truly sad. There sold their soul to the devil. One more thing to boycott!!

Love his strength.

United health care is a scam.

While he praises Bill and outs his Paramount Overlords, the closing - we’ll be back next week with another edition… rings hollow. They stay to do what? Prop up fascism?

It was heartwarming. That CEO is so going to discover she was so wrong. Sold her soul.

First of all-- that is courageous. Second--The logic of monopoly capitalism: Destroy the thing that provides value to make a quick buck. Or quick billion. Because enough is never enough. Shari Redstone, today's example.

Boycott Paramount.

ownership matters. media concentration matters.

Ownership matters.

Shocking. Disgusting treatment of our treasured broadcasters.

Tyranny causes good people with ethics to quit a corrupt agency rather than fight it. We need to harness these people and use them to defeat Tyranny. It appears that there are too many good Attorneys being wasted in our fight.

they why don't they all quit

That's prob what Trump wants. By staying they are continuing to tell the truth

With approval of the Trump Administration still needed & United Healthcare as a sponsor they won't be allowed to.

Agree. No show, no ad revenue. Money is all they understand & care about.

When will we know results of boycott?

Nicely done.

Just the facts...

In our home, we’ve been boycotting/canceling subscriptions daily. Just cancelled Paramount Plus, gutless money-grubbing cowards. It’s also a great way to save $$$, as we head into trump’s recession. Losing our money is the only pain we can inflict. Thank god for true patriots like Mr. Bill Owens.