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"Newsroom culture clash" at CBS News

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MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Wants Trump Superfan as New Host

Bari Weiss was reportedly eyeing a Trump cheerleader for a role on “CBS Mornings.”
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The Endless Hypocrisy of Bari Weiss

She claims to be a free speech champion. But as her actions at CBS News keep showing, she seems to think free speech should run only in a rightward direction.
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Another day and same drama at CBS News with Bari Weiss and David Ellison. This time Sage Steele being floated around as a candidate for some of the shows on CBS News.

MAGA-curious CBS News chief Bari Weiss reportedly “expressed significant interest” in hiring Trump-supporting anchor Sage Steele for the network’s morning show.During conversations about the future of CBS Mornings held over the past few months, Weiss “repeatedly” mentioned Steele’s name, Status reports, although it said it is unclear whether the former ESPN host ever had serious discussions with the network about coming on board.
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Gayle King inks new deal with CBS amid changes to network under Bari Weiss

Gayle King is staying with CBS News, which is undergoing a major transformation under Paramount and its billionaire owners Larry and David Ellison. King, who has been with CBS since 2011, agreed to a ...
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Scott Jennings Makes Shameful Suck-Up to Trump-Endorsed Boss

Conservative pundit Scott Jennings has leapt to the defense of CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss after the MAGA-curious boss was met with backlash over coverage of the war in Iran. Jennings, 48, praised ...
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Here is more on the roundup at CBS News as it has to respond to possibly merging with CNN.

 
Obviously the terms King agreed to won't be made public, but I expect her contract is reduced from the current one owing to the economic issues facing broadcast networks. Neither is the length of the extension available. Maybe this is just an agreement to avoid disruption for a year where there will be another decision point.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
www.thedailybeast.com

MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Wants Trump Superfan as New Host

Bari Weiss was reportedly eyeing a Trump cheerleader for a role on “CBS Mornings.”
www.thedailybeast.com www.thedailybeast.com

The Endless Hypocrisy of Bari Weiss

She claims to be a free speech champion. But as her actions at CBS News keep showing, she seems to think free speech should run only in a rightward direction.
www.thenation.com www.thenation.com

Another day and same drama at CBS News with Bari Weiss and David Ellison. This time Sage Steele being floated around as a candidate for some of the shows on CBS News.
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Sage Steele? Sounds like a newscaster in a cartoon
 
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‘CBS Mornings’ Executive Producer Shawna Thomas to Depart Network

Thomas steps down as the network is expected to be reshaped under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski.
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David Ellison: Editorial Independence “Will Be Maintained at CNN” Once Deal Closes

"We want to be in the truth business, we want to be in the trust business, and that's not going to change," the Paramount and future Warner Bros. owner says.
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Here's more and yes its all part of the drama at CBS News as it has to respond to merging their operations with CNN in the WB Paramount deal.
 
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Insiders slam CBS News chief Bari Weiss’s ‘propaganda-palooza’ for Trump war in Iran

Critics were reportedly alarmed over the content of broadcasts and a tweet with a fire emoji from Weiss
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Trump-Approved CBS Boss Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’

Bari Weiss has made it clear where she stands on Trump’s war with Iran.
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Here is more this time on how CBS News is covering Iran under Bari Weiss and David Ellisons management at CBS News.

Just hours after the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on Saturday, Bari—a self-proclaimed “Zionist fanatic” who was handpicked by Trump-friendly billionaire David Ellison to lead CBS News—got to work cheerleading the military campaign, even as Iran retaliated against America’s allies in the Middle East, plunging the region into chaos.

She quickly flew her pro-Israel anchor, Tony Dokoupil, to Tel Aviv, Israel, before most of the region’s flights were grounded, and tapped him to anchor the weekend version of CBS Evening News.

During a Saturday night special on the war, Dokoupil sounded more like a White House surrogate than an objective news reporter as he repeated administration talking points and interviewed right-wing conspiracy theorist Douglas Murray, who is friends with Weiss.
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Y2kTheNewOldies said:
Here is more this time on how CBS News is covering Iran under Bari Weiss and David Ellisons management at CBS News.
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When news organizations covered the Iraq war, and I'm talking about both Iraq wars under both Bushes, they agreed to follow military rules as part of being allowed to embed with troops in the field of battle. These arrangements were also made in World War 2 and Vietnam. Wartime news coverage is different from normal news coverage. This is above and beyond what's involved in being credentialed media at the pentagon, which we already know is under government control. The way journalists are supposed to handle this is with disclaimers in their reporting.
 
TheBigA said:
When news organizations covered the Iraq war, and I'm talking about both Iraq wars under both Bushes, they agreed to follow military rules as part of being allowed to embed with troops in the field of battle. These arrangements were also made in World War 2 and Vietnam. Wartime news coverage is different from normal news coverage. This is above and beyond what's involved in being credentialed media at the pentagon, which we already know is under government control. The way journalists are supposed to handle this is with disclaimers in their reporting.
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Embedded reporting is different than reporting at a news desk. But I’m sure you know that.
 
Rumblings, rumors, “we’re hearing” - sounds like a Page Six special.

But let’s pretend it’s not speculative clickbait. The network has done harder news in the morning. The morning show slot has been renamed and reworked many times. Harder, fluffier. Standing out, blending in. That seems to be rather conveniently ignored against the speculation.

All of that said, if they become a propaganda machine in the morning minus the cookie-baking segments, that isn’t hard news. It’s Fox News without the subscription.

Moreover, even if we laughably assume good intents by the current ownership and leadership, being different just to be different does not mean people will change their routines. There’s a decent body of evidence that audiences, as a collective, like lighter fare in the morning. Few flocked over the last time they went that direction, though there were glimmers of a pulse. Just not enough to stick with it. And that was before the organization’s reputation was flushed down the 🚽 like an oversized 💩.
 
TheBigA said:
they did children's programming, it would mean the CBS News division would lose a huge chunk of revenue
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But would CBS (the network as a whole) make more money than the current programming? Although at this point it’s also probably a matter of pride, CBS News wouldn’t want to relinquish one or two hours of programming.
 
TheBigA said:
Possible changes coming to CBS Morning. Will they improve ratings?
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This is funny. I saw some clickbait a few days ago that said CBS was planning to abandon the hard news format for Morning and shift entirely into lifestyle and entertainment, possibly with a quick look at the headlines ("your world in 90 seconds"?)
 
Larry said:
But would CBS (the network as a whole) make more money than the current programming?
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There are lots of laws about advertising in children's programming. It's partly why the networks don't do it on Saturdays anymore.

The gov't feels you shouldn't make money from children's programming. For that reason, it's a better fit for PBS.
 
CBS tried a more serious approach to its morning show in 2012 with the addition of Charlie Rose. Although CBS This Morning remained in third place, the ratings gap had begun to narrow. After Mr. Rose's ouster, however, the morning show slowly lost much of its gravitas.
 
TheBigA said:
There are lots of laws about advertising in children's programming. It's partly why the networks don't do it on Saturdays anymore.

The gov't feels you shouldn't make money from children's programming. For that reason, it's a better fit for PBS.
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As I've said in the past, the government doesn't feel anything about anything. It was reacting, as democratic governments should, to private citizens who raised concerns about the amount of advertising in children's programming on commercial TV. The concern was (and I agree with it as I was a child through much of the Saturday morning and weekday afternoon cartoon period) that children had not yet learned the skills necessary to resist the temptations of advertising.
 


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