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erronis

(23,570 posts)

4. I'm pretty much immersed in the news stories. One could say soused. It's sometimes hard to follow

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 06:04 PM

Dec 22

what a post might be referring to.

But at the same time it's reasonable to expect our readers to be bit up news from the last day or two, or at least do a quick search if needed. I think the OP gave enough info to help with a search. When I entered

My totally speculative theory on CBS is that when the WH saw the story, someone called an Ellison, who called Bari Weiss in a panic over the Warner Bros. bid, ordered her to kill it

into my search engine (Kagi) it came back with two good references.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cbs-news-david-ellison-bari-weiss-b2827230.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/media/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-cbs-alfonsi-ellison