A mid-December meeting with McClatchy executives left union leaders stunned and deeply alarmed about how the company wishes to implement A.I. in the newsroom, Status has learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...

Unless you're Ashli Babbitt. Then fuck what a U.S. Capitol police officer tells you to do. The legal standard is that if an officer is in fear for others or himself legitimately he can use lethal force to neutralize the threat. Fleeing or eluding has never been a standard for use of lethal force.

Eww.

Unless of course it’s his ratings, and when they suck, they’re fake.

It's a good question. Will CBS News still be valuable in a "ruined" state? One way it could be is obvious. Be nice to him and get what you need for your empire. But Trump reads the ratings. If viewers are quiting the Ellisons are weak.

A chaotic on-air rollout, cringe social media posts, and MAGA-friendly editorial choices have turned Tony Dokoupil’s “CBS Evening News” debut into a source of embarrassment and growing alarm inside the network’s newsroom. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

CBS has scrubbed Dokoupil’s botched segment from what it calls the “full broadcast” of his Evening News debut, re-recording it for YouTube viewers. Watch how markedly different it is: youtu.be/uJjWTFZW2Eo

After carrying out a military operation that deposed Venezuela's authoritarian leader, the Pentagon is still choosing to ice out journalists in favor of sycophantic media figures. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/pentagon-p...

Albert Brooks in “Broadcast News” without the flop sweat.

These people are so far removed from ethics and professionalism that they don’t even know when they are revealing how unethical and unprofessional they truly are.

So looks like the White House got what they wanted -- Stephen Miller on CNN.

Donald Trump’s Venezuela operation, and his open discussion of oil as a motivation, has become a stress test for MAGA Media and the movement’s long-standing rejection of foreign intervention. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/maga-media...

But this is OK, right? Asking for a friend.

Incoming “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil's public mission statement decrying “academics and elites” offers the clearest sign yet of where the network is headed under its new leadership. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

Principal No. 4: “Only You Rubes We Report For Fly Coach.”

The most disturbing presidential press conference I have ever seen. fallows.substack.com/p/blind-into... (First 3/4ths before paywall.)

The Trump admin is what happens when you run the Bush admin through AI.

I also love America and believe in its stated values. And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.

After the bruising strikes of 2023, guild negotiations with the AMPTP will kick off in February. But can Hollywood avoid the one thing, for once, that it doesn't want: A sequel? www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

Imagine believing, and getting mad about, Somali daycare centers having contributed $35 million to the Democrats - a nonsensical, demonstrable, obvious lie. And yet some *billionaires* believed it and then spread the lie over on Twitter. Some of the richest people are some of the dumbest.

This tired blame the media tactic that attracts the aggrieved billionaire set is not what the regular audience wants and displays an astonishing ignorance of what it does want. Most of all, it’s insider to the point of boredom and the opposite of creative.

From Donald Trump’s continued assault on the press to the open war for Warner Bros. Discovery—and A.I.’s disruption of everything—these are the big questions hanging over media in 2026. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/26-questio...

Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)

I'm sorry, but "Grandma Groyper" is legit funny www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Surprise! There’s more to this part of the Epstein story than Trump or the White House has disclosed. Wait -you’re not surprised? apple.news/Aj-dVZYSWQWu...

More proof that when it comes to TV critics, not all heroes wear capes.

Thanks to Frank Bruni and David Litt for 1st of best sentences of 2025! From The Contrarian: "One CBS article about his immigration crackdown said Trump ‘invoked muscular presidential powers,’ which is a bit like saying Jeffrey Dahmer ‘displayed omnivorous taste.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

“If you just knew me better you’d be convinced I suck less” is usually a pretty weak argument.

An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...

“Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,” George Clooney said this week. “I’m worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.

Although “Avatar” and “Zootopia” have flashed welcome signs of life at the international box office, a growing domestic-international split has become worrisome as Hollywood rings out the year and looks ahead to a sequel-laden 2026 www.status.news/p/hollywood-...

One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵

While MAGA has tried to portray the mysterious Jan. 6 pipe bombs as an attempt to smear Trump supporters, the DOJ revealed today the suspect confessed he was motivated by election conspiracy theories and was going to "protest in support of Trump" www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Sarah Cooper is back on Trump and she absolutely nailed it 🔥

With a stalled “60 Minutes” segment, Tony Dokoupil’s national tour kicking off, and ratings pressure mounting, Bari Weiss enters 2026 needing to prove CBS News is driven by the news and not the Ellison noise. The full story in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-b...

Oh the billionaire who doesn't live in New York and who has no expertise in emergency services thinks that Bonsignore, the FDNY's emergency services chief is unqualified? My uncle says that Drake Maye is unqualified to be an NFL QB. You guys want to run a news flash on that story too?

Between NYC and CA, people with money sure seem to be spending a lot more time threatening to flee than actually fleeing.

Thanks @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social. Have watched this 25 times.

This is correct strategically, except no slights can go unlitigated because Trump’s incapable of shrugging them off.

When your family embraces your weirdness.

We might not be able to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” around a TV together like we once used to, but we can still listen to its classic soundtrack—that rare artistic artifact that transcends what it was made to accompany, writes Anna Holmes:

Wouldn’t rule out that she realizes she’s insulting and doesn’t care.

Based on this it’s possible Trump tuning in (as he clearly did given that Colbert tweet) actually lowered the median age.

There are a lot of hot takes out there about BW/ CBS including credulous pieces that maybe just maybe censoring news was a good idea. What?! But this from @sulliview.bsky.social is spot on. If she says you screwed up, you screwed up. Bari, take note. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's here: Status' annual winners and losers list. In a year defined by consolidation, political pressure, and audience upheaval, these are the media figures who finished 2025 on top—and those who watched their influence fade. Read it in @status.news: www.status.news/p/media-winn...

Psst. Someone explain “NFL lead-in” to the new E-in-C.

Terrible traffic at LAX as people head out of town. Spoiler alert: this is also how LAX looks on every other day of the year.

Maybe that a) the piece was ready and b) the reporters made normal efforts to get comment from the administration?