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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 6h

Stephen Colbert aired an old interview with Diane Keaton from his Comedy Central show. Find the clip, was both laughing and tearing up watching it.

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 10h

Every news outlet is refusing to sign Pete Hegseth's reporting restrictions at the Pentagon, and @status.news has learned that includes his former employer, Fox News. Details and more in tonight's newsletter: www.status.news/p/pentagon-p...

The Safe Space Secretary

Pete Hegseth built his career on Fox News mocking "snowflakes." Now, Status has learned, his former employer and others are rejecting his efforts to build a safe space around the Pentagon.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Status @status.news · 1d

A live event this weekend in NYC showed off MSNBC’s connection with its viewers. But bigger challenges lie ahead.

More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/msnbc-new-...

MSNBC's Future is NOW

A live event this weekend in NYC showed off MSNBC’s connection with its viewers. But bigger challenges lie ahead.

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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly right. A lot of older celebrities die and you think, “Great life/career.” This is one of those “Nah, can’t be” ones.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure why this one is such a shock to me. It’s unclear from the report whether she’d been ill. If she was I didn’t know it. For me, I think, it’s that Keaton was so alive, exuberant, so crackling with energy even fairly far into old age that it somehow doesn’t seem to fit. So many iconic roles.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

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MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 3d

Kinda gives new meaning to “Let’s do the numbers.”

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, America - the president is telling you you’ll be paid to take your meds.

FFS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 3d

Inaugurating my Status.news newsletter, with some broad observations about the state of the industry (spoiler: gloomy) and a review noting that in "Tron: Ares," the letters that matter aren't AI, but IP www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

Status

Status is the definitive nightly briefing that informs readers about what is really happening in the halls of media power.

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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 4d

And just watch those subscriptions soar.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 4d

‘We’re Now a Conservative Opinion Page,’ Declares Washington Post Columnist

Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen boasted on social media, Thursday that the newspaper was "now a conservative opinion page." The post ‘We’re Now a Conservative Opinion Page,’ Declares Washington Post Columnist first appeared on Mediaite.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 4d

It will soon come ashore looking for the manager.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Subtropical Storm Karen forms far from land in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Storm Raymond, third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Tropical Storm Raymond has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the third system now off the western coast of Mexico. The U.S.

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Status @status.news · 4d

As Bari Weiss settles into CBS News, she’s moving fast—taking anchors to lunch, phoning potential hires, and plotting a new “Evening News," with names like Norah O'Donell and Tony Dokoupil in the mix.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

The Weiss House

As Bari Weiss settles into CBS News, she’s moving fast—taking anchors to lunch, phoning potential hires, and plotting a new “Evening News," with names like Norah O'Donell and Tony Dokoupil in the mix.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4d

Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.

GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.

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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 4d

C’mon, it’s John Roberts. “Stunned” is his natural state.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 4d

Ari Fleischer Stuns Fox Anchor as He Declares Trump Will Never Win ‘Useless’ Nobel Peace Prize

Fox News host John Roberts was gobsmacked on Thursday as Ari Fleischer declared President Donald Trump won't win the Nobel Peace Prize despite his peace deal between Israel and Hamas moving forward. The post Ari Fleischer Stuns Fox Anchor as He Declares Trump Will Never Win ‘Useless’ Nobel Peace Prize first appeared on Mediaite.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

White House Doctor: Trump Has Far More Bones Than Any Prior President https://theonion.com/white-house-doctor-trump-has-far-more-bones-than-any-prior-president/

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 4d

The replies on the editorial include many versions of “thanks for finally convincing me to cancel.”

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Natalie Korach @nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d

My first edition for @status.news

A Bari Trying Time; Another WaPo Departure; Pentagon’s Press Warfare

Status @status.news · 5d

While Bari Weiss faces skepticism inside CBS News, former colleagues describe her management style to Status as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most storied newsrooms.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

A Bari Trying Time

While Bari Weiss faces skepticism inside CBS News, former colleagues describe her management style to Status as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most stori...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5d

I love how Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House and #2 in line for the presidency, is always like, “What? News?! I never read or hear anything that happens in the world, anywhere. I’m totally offline. What even is ‘social media’? They play news all day on TV!? Wow! That’s a surprise!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d

I want to apologize for calling Adam O’Neal’s Washpost editorials “congealed Cream of Wheat” in a column last week.

So, B&G Foods, I am sorry for insulting your fine breakfast product.

subscribers; reading the once vibrant opinion section under its new editor, Adam O'Neal, feels like choking down a spoonful of congealed Cream of Wheat.

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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 6d

Some pretty amazing details in here, including the Post’s Yom Kippur layoff notices.

Status @status.news · 6d

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 6d

CBS News current president Tom Cibroski praised Weiss on the call, saying "Bari's energy and passion is infectious and you will feel it, big time." He also added that the Free Press and CBS News "are going to learn a lot from each other...that's what this is all about."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.

Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream

Journalism's biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8d

If I ever write a lede like this, you have my permission to take my computer, attach it to a 500-lb block of concrete, and toss it into the deepest reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

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In the 1993 film “Groundhog Day,” a cynical man is doomed to wake up every morning in the same town to relive the same day’s events. The Middle East can feel a bit like that, only bloodier and more tragic.

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Brian Lowry @brianlowry.bsky.social · 10d

The NFL sleeps like babies on a giant featherbed of cash.

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 10d

Kristi Noem vowed on Friday that the NFL “won’t be able to sleep at night” after the announcement that Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny will perform at the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

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