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Yes, it’s still free to subscribe to this nearly daily newsletter! Greg Mitchell is the author of fourteen books and director of five films for PBS since 2022. In a previous life, he was a longtime editor at the legendary Crawdaddy.

Kimmel last night….

…and earlier, accepting a prestigious Peabody Award, with jokes and gibes:

We have the right guaranteed by the Constitution to criticize and satirize our leaders. This is a right that I took for granted until last year when the FCC delivered a very unpleasant surprise. But then I watched as millions of people objected because they refuse to allow our freedoms to be bulldozed like the East Wing of the White House. We will not stand by when comedy and journalism are censored and criminalized.

Top NYT story this morning may give you pause:

Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline

Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.

Then there’s this:

Delegates to the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention held a moment of silence over the weekend for Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, six years after he murdered George Floyd and touched off a national reckoning over policing and race.

The decision brought searing criticism from Democrats, who accused the Republicans of disrespecting the courts and Mr. Floyd’s memory. In recent years, some conservatives have sought to reshape the narrative around Mr. Floyd’s killing and have pushed President Trump to pardon Mr. Chauvin for his federal conviction.

As you may have heard, there was an explosive meeting at CBS News yesterday when the new “60 Minutes” producer (replacing a popular veteran axed by rightwing boss Scari Weiss) was pummeled by longtime correspondent, mild-mannered Scott Pelley. But the details are wonderful, so here you go from the Times:

CBS News faced a fresh wave of turmoil on Monday after Scott Pelley, the “60 Minutes” correspondent, laced into the show’s newly hired executive producer during a staff meeting and accused Bari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief, of “murdering” the longstanding Sunday news program.

In an extraordinary exchange, Mr. Pelley, his newscaster’s baritone sometimes shaking in anger, told Nick Bilton, the new executive producer, that he had “slender” qualifications for his new job and questioned the network’s commitment to the future of the program, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The New York Times….

“Broadcast is an ice cube that is melting, OK?” Mr. Bilton said, saying the show had to adapt. “Bari loves this institution,” he added. “She loves ’60 Minutes.’”

At that, Mr. Pelley interrupted.

“She is murdering ‘60 Minutes,’” the correspondent said. “She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that.”

Mr. Pelley added: “She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she’s made at the ‘Evening News’ have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?”

Ms. Weiss did not attend the gathering. A CBS executive at the meeting said that Ms. Weiss had been “prepared to come, and we asked her not to,” citing the staff’s ill feelings surrounding the firings….

“I care so deeply about this institution,” Mr. Bilton said, to which Mr. Pelley interrupted: “Oh, please.”

The “60 Minutes” staff applauded Mr. Pelley after Mr. Bilton departed.

The re-formed Highwomen sang Sheryl Crow’s “Strong Enough To Be My Man” with her and new lyrics a couple of nights ago.

From Tunes to Toons

Bramhall:

Telnaes:

McKee:

Bennett:

Bagley:

McKeem again:

Duquette:

Bagley again:

Photo Finish

From my camera to you: San Marco, Venice