It’s been a long time since 60 Minutes was the trusted powerhouse of investigative journalism it used to be. These days, the show feels more like an arm of the progressive PR machine. And this latest clip is more proof of the spin job. It all started with a heart-tugging segment featuring Harvard researcher Joan Brugge. This is the woman who claims her work “had the potential to prevent breast cancer,” but her funding was cut. This caused her knees to buckle. She had to sit down because she could no longer stand… She was *this close* to ending breast cancer when the evil, woman-hating Trump government cut her off.
Harvard researcher Joan Brugge says her work has the potential to prevent breast cancer, but she was notified last spring that her federal funding was terminated. “It was just like a gut punch. My knees buckled, and I had to sit down,” she says. pic.twitter.com/WrIzR5rRPI
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) November 10, 2025
That’s the story 60 Minutes sold; did you buy it? Well, if you did, hold on…
It’s hard not to notice how much these stories have become more about emotion than science, right? You’ve got soft lighting, tears, and a tragic backstory, and all of it’s packaged neatly for maximum sympathy. But what if the “gut-punch” narrative isn’t the actual real story? Turns out, a scientist who worked side-by-side with Brugge says the truth looks very different, and his version might cause Ms. Brugge’s knees to “buckle” yet again.
Harvard, by the way, isn’t exactly struggling. Their latest financial report put the university’s endowment at $56.9 billion, which just so happens to be the largest on the planet. Think about that… this is an institution sitting on more cash than the GDP of some countries, and yet we’re supposed to believe their researchers are powerless victims of the evil system?
Nonsense.
But here’s where that scientist who was working with her comes in to set the story straight.
I am actually the lead and corresponding author on the most cited research paper of this person’s career. Someone told me that today, and I verified it.
The claim that her work has had any substantial effect on breast cancer is a dramatic overstatement.
Like much of what’s being presented in this 60 Minutes segment, it’s a PR narrative designed to grab money. It’s dishonesty from these institutions about what technology from the life sciences can actually do—and it says more about the way universities grift the public for sympathy and funding than anything about science itself.
I am actually the lead and corresponding author on the most cited research paper of this person’s career. Someone told me that today, and I verified it.
The claim that her work has had any substantial effect on breast cancer is a dramatic overstatement.
Like much of what’s… https://t.co/9AbQBuqBhl
— Jason Locasale (@LocasaleLab) November 10, 2025
Wow. That scientist just put the entire 60 Minutes story into perspective.
The claim that her work has had any substantial effect on breast cancer is a dramatic overstatement. Like much of what’s being presented in this 60 Minutes segment, it’s a PR blitz designed to tug at heartstrings and grab more money. It’s dishonesty from these institutions about what technology from the “life sciences” can actually do, and it says more about the way universities grift off the public for sympathy and funding than anything about actual science.
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Are we really supposed to believe that Harvard scientists are standing on the brink of curing breast cancer — and the same university sitting on nearly $57 billion just shrugs and walks away? Is that the story they’re sticking with? Because if so, it makes these people look even more soulless than anyone imagined.
If this insider’s telling the truth, it blows a hole right through 60 Minutes’ “science under siege” sob story. This isn’t about research being silenced. It’s about institutions and media teaming up to cash in on public sympathy while selling this over-hyped, convoluted illusion of progress.
It’s a tough pill to swallow that after 50 years of pink ribbons, corporate fundraisers, and “awareness” campaigns, we’re supposed to believe the only reason breast cancer isn’t cured is because federal funding got cut last year.
Maybe the real “gut punch” isn’t the loss of funding… maybe it’s the realization that the line between science and PR has been completely blurred.
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