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CBS News Under Bari Weiss Sees Worst Ratings In Quarter Century (www.techdirt.com)

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When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby kid David) hired trolling blogger Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would completely modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” traditionally ignored by mainstream media.

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's no longer about ratings. It's about repeating the lies loud enough and often enough that people might believe.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 month ago

How long do you figure any broadcast news has to live? Most people get their news through online sources. Whatever a person thinks of that, the cold, hard fact is that broadcast news is on its death bed, gasping it's last breaths before it slips into the history books.