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,” …

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.

  • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
    6·
    15 days ago

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

  • Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    2·
    15 days 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.

  • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
    1·
    14 days ago

    Outside of 60 minutes, CBS was largely a cesspool long before Bari Weiss. I remember they led the manipulation & misinformation charge during the height of the Gamestop short-sale.