To put this fuckup in the simplest possible terms: I’ll admit, I don’t remember a ton of individual “60 Minutes” pieces that ran in the 1990s. But I know who Jeffrey Wigand is.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

"When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

in the case of any action-driven studio movie reporting focused on domestic box office is professional malpractice

Message: I gaf

oh the CBS bosses went to dylan byers? then they are definitely lying.

the only holiday tradition that really matters

paused tree decoration to take care of some business

Roman would never.

Opinions can’t be wrong but “Face/Off is a bad movie” is wrong

the best lack all conviction, but on the other hand, the worst are full of passionate intensity

[preparing to get screamed at] I think I officially don’t need to know if you’re mad that an article is paywalled. Perhaps that can be an Inside Thought

I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.

I wrote about the Avatar movies, and why the most successful director in history still won’t admit what they are.

Man, I'm never going back to Twitter, but getting replies that are either "PAYWALL" or "I can't take you seriously because you used hyperbolic language, I have never 'lost my mind' over anything" is a great reminder of why I have so much trouble getting motivated to post on here

One of my favorite 21st century technology experiences is watching an over-the-air HD broadcast. The picture is just so good, especially when it’s a fully resourced production like an NFL game. Sometimes made-for-streaming ads air and it’s crystal clear how much they are garbage video-wise.

shudder to think of the effect this will have on Philadelphia’s Citywide Special

my favorite of the series

"Nobody seems to have the cilantro gene in Mexico" yeah because they genetically selected away from it. Because it's a weakness

For that special someone this Christmas: the Todd Field Gift Set

“…and then they showed me two wolves and said they’re both inside me, can you believe that, folks? Has any other president had TWO wolves?”

I knew listening to Mary Rodgers’ Shy would give me greater insight into Merrily We Roll Along but it’s REALLY helping me understand Company

Yo La Tengo having a bespoke Connections for their Hanukkah shows—by the legit Connections editor—is delightful

“Veiled in flesh the godhead see” is actually pretty metal

just coming around to realizing that Sunday in the Park With George named a pointillist’s muse “Dot”

It’s tragic how technological changes killed off an entire subgenre of pop song about your wife fucking the milkman

In THE D.C. SCENE, yesterday’s music still sounds like tomorrow Here are five amazing records that got remastered, resurfaced and/or reissued in 2025 wapo.st/4aWEGXh

It's your birthday, Duane.

bro, cmon

some of you have never seen Yo La Tengo and Jeff Tweedy play five consecutive Herman’s Hermits songs and it shows

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

thank you for making this my least-popular post ever on the same day I cross 50,000 followers. You keep me humble.

a not terribly thought-out @actualylt.bsky.social theory Ira: id Georgia: ego James: superego

Tonight, we are all Wilco fans.

Oh my god I was right

I wrote about the Avatar movies, and why the most successful director in history still won’t admit what they are.

well, this guy is in real trouble

Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.

I'll be participating in the Slate Movie Club again this year, alongside my pals Dana Stevens, Alison Willmore, and Justin Chang. Here's Dana's first post to kick things off. (I believe these will be dropping daily.) slate.com/culture/2025...

fucking scalpers ruin everything

Epstein Files search tool...not great!

Town Bloody Hall for tradwives

it’s really not up to others, especially those with no acting experience, to judge what a specific actor needs to realize a performance. If immersive technique is what is takes for Daniel Day-Lewis to play Reynolds Woodcock, go for it. If the result is Jared Leto’s Joker, that’s a different story.

the Problem is that StewarT doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She’s using “method” as a synonym for difficult egomania, and that simply isn’t what it is. I talk about it here: bsky.app/profile/isaa...

when the social team and the art team don’t compare notes www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...

“Republicans are clearer on healthcare than Netflix is about windows.” My latest for Puck. puck.news/does-anyone-...

Hey, New Zealand, now that you're on holiday get some friends and/or family together and watch my crazy silly found footage sci-fi film GUT INSTINCT on the best system you can find. Have some chewy candies prepared. Ideally some buckets as well. You'll see. ondemand.arovideo.co.nz/film/gut-ins...

Holy crap chart from Gallup