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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ignored concerns about leaking classified information by pressuring airmen to do a '60 Minutes' interview, CNN reported.

According to a Saturday article, Hegseth and political appointees in his department pressured two crew members of an F-15 to take part in a '60 Minutes' story that will air on Sunday. Ultimately, one airman agreed to the interview while the other declined, according to CNN.

The two were shot down over Iran and then rescued in April. Multiple anonymous sources told CNN that Hegseth went as far as meeting with them personally about going on '60 Minutes.' Hegseth ignored concerns from military officials that the interview risked exposing classified details of the rescue effort, three anonymous sources told CNN. ...

Anonymous insiders say that Maria Bartiromo has already opened talks with CBS News chief Bari Weiss about a possible role on '60 Minutes.'

In an article for his newsletter, Naughty But Nice, gossip columnist Rob Shuter reported that Bartiromo and Weiss have already spoken and that a spot on '60 Minutes' is among the possibilities under discussion.

"Maria and Bari have already spoken," a television insider told Shuter. "Maria isn't sitting around licking her wounds. She's moving fast, and '60 Minutes' is absolutely in the mix. She wants to remain a major player."...

A slip by conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat revealed that promises to "60 Minutes" from CBS don't mean anything, an expert said.

In a Friday episode of the Power Lines podcast, media expert Jon Passantino called out how Douthat answered questions during his exit interview. Douthat was announced as the newest "60 Minutes" correspondent last month, and fellow New York Times columnist Ezra Klein interviewed Douthat for his podcast.

Klein asked Douthat, "What did they say they wanted? Like, what is your sense of what '60 Minutes' is trying to become with you launching as a marquee name?"...

CNN insiders shredded an op-ed by a MAGA billionaire who's trying to take over their parent company, according to a media reporter.

During an episode of the Status podcast Power Lines, Oliver Darcy, who reports on media, said that CNN staffers and journalists panned a New York Times op-ed by Paramount Skydance owner David Ellison, who is trying to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison controls CBS, which has seen a MAGA makeover of its news programs under Bari Weiss and cut the Trump-critical The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Paramount chief's guest essay marked his first public defense of the deal, which a dozen states sued to block. A judge halted it until a trial set for March, but if it's greenlit, Ellison would take control of CNN. Darcy said that he spoke with more than a dozen people inside CNN about whether the essay swayed them, and they responded with a "resounding no."...

A MAGA CBS anchor's short vacation led to his show getting the best ratings in months, according to a report.

CBS Evening News finally cracked more than 4 million viewers for the first time since March, according to reporting by Status. However, the show reached the solid ratings while its main anchor, Tony Dokoupil, was on a two-week summer vacation.

Ratings for CBS News programs have struggled during the summer. CBS Evening News plummeted below the 4 million viewer threshold in March as the network was undergoing a MAGA makeover under Bari Weiss. Meanwhile, CBS Mornings saw its lowest-rated week in the program's history in July....

Another Colbert is leaving CBS amid a growing exodus and producers saying they're "actively exploring options," according to reports.

Comedian Stephen Colbert lost his show at CBS earlier this year as the network's MAGA-friendly owner David Ellison sought the Trump administration's approval for a merger. Now, Colbert's daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, is leaving her role as an associate producer for '60 Minutes,' which is bleeding talent under Bari Weiss, according to reporting by The Daily Beast.

Carlisle worked as an associate producer for '60 Minutes' since November 2022 and as an intern for the show in 2017. She also worked at The Atlantic and Time. CBS axed her dad's show, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," with its final episode airing in May....