It's Thursday, June 4th. I'm Erin Ryan in for Jane Koston, and this is What a Day,

reminiscing on how Barry Weiss's infamously panned New York Times column were all fascists now

might actually have made some salient points.

Today, Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen goes before Congress and gets apoplectic when a congressman asks if he's racist.

Calm down, Mark Wayne, no need to get emotional.

And some House Republicans are finally brave enough to stand up to President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

But let's start with drama and departures in the media world. CBS News continues

to devolve into chaos under the leadership of Barry Weiss. Since Weiss took over in the fall,

there have been a series of brutal and seemingly arbitrary cuts that looks suspiciously like catering

to the president. And her latest move, picking magazine writer Nick Bilton, who has no TV news experience, to run 60 minutes, was a bridge too far for many who remained.

And so this week, CBS News has once again found itself where no real journalist wants to be, showbiz gossip columns.

Here to talk about what happens when you hand over control of a legacy TV news department

to neo-reactionary dorks with no proper experience is Jeremy Barr, media and power reporter

for the Guardian U.S.

Jeremy and I spoke on Wednesday afternoon.

Jeremy, welcome to What a Day.

Thanks for having me.

Appreciate it.

On Tuesday, veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelly was fired following a heated back and forth with the show's new EP at a staff meeting.

So what happened at that meeting on Monday?

Yeah, so it was supposed to be the first chance for Nick Bilton, who was hired as EP last Thursday, to meet the whole staff.

And it basically very quickly became a confrontation

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