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Nolte: Pompous Scott Pelley, Astronaut Gayle King Reportedly on CBS Chopping Block

2025-05-29

[Breitbart] 60 Minutes’ chief pompous ass Scott Pelley, and CBS Mornings host Gayle King (who identifies as an astronaut), are reportedly on the CBS News chopping block, per a Daily Mail exclusive.
That'd certainly warm the cockles of my cold, black heart.

I'm filing this under Opinion because Nolte calls Scott Pelley a pompous ass. Although I agree with that opinion, it is opinion and should be labeled as such just like the — tee hee —. Then there's the word schlonging, which is certainly inappropriate for a straight news article even though I think it is appropriate treatment of these so-called journalists.
According to the report, far-left CBS News is in crisis — tee hee — "with staffers crying in the hallways, fighting over story coverage and seating, and scrambling to update their resumes amid fears of mass layoffs."

According to the insiders who spoke with the Daily Mail, "morale has plummeted across the network, from the flagship Sunday news show 60 Minutes to CBS Mornings," all of it due to two things: 1) CBS parent company Paramount Global’s impending merger with Skydance Media and President Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS News for interfering in the 2020 presidential election.

Currently, the Trump suit is in arbitration and all indications are that Skydance does not want to inherit that mess, so it needs to be resolved before the merger is official.

Then there’s the reported $500 million Paramount is looking to cut "in preparation for the lucrative merger with Skydance Media against the backdrop of a ratings freefall" and the ongoing, high-level personnel shake ups.

Fallout from the merger and the Trump suit has already hit hard. No less than Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News, and Bill Owens, the executive editor of the disgraced 60 Minutes, have already resigned.

So...

Where to cut? Where to cut?

Well, according to the report, Gayle King has become $10 million in damaged goods. Not only is she hosting the forever-in-last-place CBS Mornings, her grotesquely elitist Space Origin flight, combined with her claims that those few minutes in space mean she’s now an astronaut, have scalded her reputation.

"People don’t want to say it out loud in the office but the entire space debacle really hurt us," one 60 Minutes staffer told the Daily Mail. "Gayle being part of that is not a good look for our brand. I think a lot of people resent Gayle for that. I know I do."

King’s $10 million per-year contract is up in September.

"Multiple sources told the Daily Mail that 60 Minutes host Scott Pelley could also be on the way out."

Pelley, of course, is infamous for his self-regard, unbridled bias, and dishonesty.

"We’re in the middle of a bloodbath," a 60 Minutes staffer told the Daily Mail. "The axe is falling, people are leaving, no one knows what to do next. We’re all updating our resumes because it really feels like this is a sinking ship."

Some call it a long overdue reckoning for a corrupt regime media that, at long last, has lost its influence over public opinion.

I prefer to call it The Schlonging:

Ruth Marcus — Washington Post columnist resigns.
538 — Disney/ABC’s wildly biased polling site shutters.
Paul Krugman — Always wrong New York Times columnist forced out.
Jim Acosta — CNN anchor forced out.
Norah O’Donnell — Failed CBS anchor out.
Chuck Todd — NBC’s former Meet the Press host DEI’d out.
Andrea Mitchell — NBC harridan ages out of job.
Chris Wallace — Son of Someone out at CNN.
Joy Reid — Racist MSNBC anchor too racist for MSNBC. Fired.
Neil Cavuto — Fox News anchor scurries away.
Alex Wagner — Demoted at MSNBC.
Mohyeldin — Lost MSNBC show.
Apparently he is Ayman Mohyeldin, the Cairo-born Egyptian (dad)-Palestinian (mom) former Al Jazeera reporter who was one of the first Western reporters allowed in Iraq after Saddam Hussein was captured. He also covered the 2008-9 Gaza war and the Arab Spring, and claims it was in his interview that Moammar Ghadaffy announced he was giving up Libya’s WMD program. His Master’s thesis was titled, “The News Media Paradigm in the War on Terrorism,” which sounds awfully grand.
Olivia Nuzzi — Out at New York Mag for allegedly stalking RFK Jr.
Katie Phang — Lost MSNBC show.
Jonathan Capehart — Lost MSNBC show. Steps down from Washington Post editorial board.
Lester Holt — Out as NBC Nightly News anchor.
One-third of New York Times Editorial Board — Say, bye.
Eugene Robinson — Washington Post columnist quits in snit.
Ryan Lizza — Scurries to Substack over credible misconduct allegations.
Bill Owens — 60 Minutes chief resigns in crybaby disgrace.
Wendy McMahon — CBS News president resigns after less than two years.

Trump’s triumphant reelection proved the corporate media are nothing more than an elite salon where everyone talks to each other because Normal People have stopped listening to their lies and hoaxes. The corporate media are over, and the fallout has just begun.

Tee.

Hee.

Posted by:Abu Uluque

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