Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
59/100
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Politics
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Fired 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has claimed that under CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, there was “an imperative” to “put a thumb on the scale” when covering the Trump administration.
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Pelley → log → administration
Pelley, who was fired from the network in June, blasted his former employer Wednesday while appearing on a panel about truth and corporate power in journalism, hosted by the group Speak Up for Justice.
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who → fire → Justice
“There was an imperative to move our coverage in the direction of the president to put a thumb on the scale, if you will, in terms of the president's viewpoint,” he said.
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he → be → viewpoint
“I was at CBS News almost 40 years and at 60 Minutes almost 30 years and I had never seen anything like this.”
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I → see → this
“This was corporate influence coming into the news division saying, ‘We want you to report stories with this particular bent, in terms of politics,’” Pelley told the panel.
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Pelley → come → panel
“We pushed back against it and that led to last year, the complete gutting of 60 Minutes in which, in one morning, without warning, or still today without explanation.”
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that → push → explanation
The Independent has contacted CBS News for comment.
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Independent → contact → comment
Pelley was fired from CBS in early June after he reportedly accused Weiss of destroying the program.
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he → fire → program
“She is murdering 60 Minutes.
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She → murder → Minutes
She does not love this place.
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She → love → place
She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that,” Pelley said at a heated staff meeting, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times.
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Pelley → bring → Times
Weiss, the founder of “anti-woke” digital outlet The Free Press, joined CBS News a year ago following Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount.
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Weiss → join → Paramount
Since then, her editorial decisions have drawn intense scrutiny and critics have accused her ofshaping coverage to favor the Trump administration.
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critics → draw → administration
Weiss has previously pushed back on the accusation.
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Weiss → push → accusation
“What’s being called ‘editorial interference’ is in reality the job description of an editor-in-chief,” she told The Wall Street Journal in June.
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she → call → June
But after a year at the helm of the network, ratings are plummeting and the insiders have claimed that no one can speak against Weiss.
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one → plummet → Weiss
“She doesn’t hear anybody.
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She → hear → anybody
If you don’t agree with what she’s saying or doing, it doesn’t matter.
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it → agree → what
She pretends to hear ideas, but she really doesn’t listen to anyone,” an unnamed source told Page Six.
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source → pretend → Page
“No one can say, ‘That’s a bad idea.’
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That → say → ?
She looks at you like, ‘You don’t agree with what I’m saying,’ but there isn’t anybody who gets through to her,” the insider added.
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insider → look → her
“I think most senior leaders across the organization think that she brings a ton of value with her ideas and perspective, and would also say that she is a great listener, who incorporates many other ideas and suggestions into the organization’s work,” a source told Page Six.
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source → think → Page
Rachel Dobkin contributed to this report
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Dobkin → contribute → report
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