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Elite journalists aren't speaking truth to power — they're just pretending
CBS Did Not Fire a Journalistic Problem. It Fired a Witness.The Real Center of PowerThis story is not about a temperamental anchor or a bruised newsroom ego. It is about who controls the institution and therefore controls what counts as news. Scott Pelley may have had prestige, but prestige is not power. The power sat with CBS management, with Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton, and with the ownership structure that made them answerable upward, not downward, for the damage they did.That distinction matters. The people who can rewrite standards, alter interview rules, and remove a veteran…
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