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Freedom of the press under fire.

CBS says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its October interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communicationss Commission, part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with the network over how it handled a story about his opponent.

Trump sued CBS for $10 million over the “60 Minutes” interview, claiming it was deceptively edited to make Harris look good. Published reports said that CBS’ parent company, Paramount, has been talking to Trump’s lawyers about a settlement.

The network said Friday that it was compelled by Brendan Carr, Trump’s appointee as FCC chairman, to turn over the transcripts and camera feeds of the interview for a parallel investigation by the commission. “60 Minutes” has resisted releasing transcripts for this and all of its interviews, to avoid second-guessing of its editing process.

The case, particularly a potential settlement, is being closely watched by advocates for press freedom and by journalists within CBS, whose lawyers called Trump’s lawsuit “completely without merit” and promised to vigorously fight it after it was filed..

https://apnews.com/article/trump-cbs-60-minutes-harris-interview-ac36372dd700c9d233eee78773473f49

More details on the Paramount+ sale.

The request came as the FCC reviews Paramount Global’s planned merger with Skydance Media. The agency is led by Trump appointee Brendan Carr, who’s threatened to revoke broadcast licenses for stations owned by networks that’ve drawn the president’s ire under the agency’s authority to ensure that public airwaves operate in the public interest..

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fcc-requests-full-transcript-of-60-minutes-interview-with-harris-1236124049/

Ok I just read that article. Sounds like Novavax could be a good option for next year. Now my only question is, is Novavax updated the way the mRNA vacccines are, and will there be an updated novavax vaccine available when I’m ready/due for my next shot.

@kluurs

I like the fact that they show a broom on the picture. My guess is that they use it to sweep up the pieces falling off if it! 😀

@Axtremus explains what happened:

https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/926/forum-appearance-change-what-and-why-it-happened

Interesting… also, what does that say about humans, that we’re more likely to be swayed by an unreliable technology prone to hallucinations than by our fellow humans…. 🙄

The best way to find something is to order another.
The floor in Bob's house in Tucson is cold, hard, Saltilllo tiles. House slippers are necessary. Mine are missing. Ordered a new pair. Expect the old pair to show up soon.

There's a really nice place called Hey Nonny in "downtown" Arlington Heights that hosts some pretty good music.

https://www.heynonny.com/

Our former neighbor is a member of a jazz octet that performed there a ways back. He plays bass sax, bass clarinet, and, you'll love this @Rontuner , bassoon!

https://www.metropolitanjazzoctet.com/copy-of-our-team

I think when they were at Hey Nonny it was with a singer named Dee Alexander.

Link to video

I would love to go and play those Faziolis!

There’s one in campus, which I heard when I went to a concert last semester, it sounded amazing! That’s the first and only Fazioli I’ve heard in person.

I haven't read about mandatory voting, so I'm sure there are persuasive arguments on both sides, but my main reaction is, yes, make it mandatory.

@CHAS 😆

Have heard tales of a time when foraging was popular. It was called the Great Depression.
One such tale was about groups rabbit hunting. The entire group was after one rabbit. Rabbits were hard to find.

We're heading down to the North Michigan Ave part of the world in a little while. Hopefully it'll be early enough and far away enough that we won't run into any traffic issues. Looks like all the closed streets are well south, down in your neck of the woods.

Glad to hear Mrs Ron and Mr WTG are bother doing better!

@wtg said in At the hospital:

The big guys like IBJI and ATI seem to have their therapists working with multiple people at the same time. We didn’t think that was optimal.

That’s how it was when I was doing PT for my plantar fasciitis, one PTist was taking care of several people, and each time you went, you might or might not have the same person. At the time I remember thinking if my problem were anything more serious, I wouldn’t like that set up, so I can’t imagine doing it like that after a TKR.

Meanwhile, my superwoman neighbor had her knee done a week ago tomorrow and said she drove for the first time yesterday. That means she’s not taking any pain meds. This is her second TKR, and she said she didn’t take pain meds the first time around. She has amazing recuperative powers….

Wow!!

@DougG
The previous name does have a certain ring to it.

Grumpfest.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/trump-closed-door-meeting-house-gop/index.html