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Ilikepurple

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28. CBS may hold an important place in the hearts of us aging DUers, but not so much in Paramount Skydance portfolio

Mon May 25, 2026, 04:15 PM

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Most of our trusted news sources are now owned by corporations that don’t need them to be profitable as much as they need them to spread misinformation, or at the least control the magnitude and manner that real information is available. They are much more concerned about how changes in taxation and regulation could affect the rest of their assets and asset acquisitions. Other trusted sources of scale may emerge, but in the meantime it’s going to be difficult to know what information to trust. These decisions will only get more complex with the widespread use of AI which will both make it easier to create your own news and harder to determine whether it has been properly sourced. If CBS and CNN lose viewership but no longer report independently from GOP talking points, I think the Ellisons will consider that a win that they can afford.

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How Will CBS/Paramount Deal with the Bari Weiss Disaster? [View all] MineralMan May 22 OP

She did what they wanted SocialDemocrat61 May 22 #1

+1 dalton99a May 22 #2

Or what they thought they wanted. MineralMan May 22 #3

In the past few Sundays we were on the road so would listen to "60 minutes" on that station question everything May 22 #11

Yeah, probably not. MineralMan May 22 #12

I agree LR3 May 22 #8

They will blame it on Biden rurallib May 22 #4

Ha! Lol. Joinfortmill May 22 #19

Turn off C-BS, they will get the message. Dawson Leery May 22 #5

Yah, but the local broadcast news that is the best MineralMan May 22 #6

I will still warch WCCO for local news dflprincess May 22 #14

Didn't she get 'kicked upstairs'? EYESORE 9001 May 22 #7

My local am radio station switched from CBS to being an ABC affiliate. SidneyR May 22 #9

Yes. So did mine. MineralMan May 22 #10

CBS News radio shut down today. Don't know why. kerry-is-my-prez May 22 #24

Sabotaged by the fascists. SidneyR Monday #25

They want this disaster swong19104 May 22 #13

Larry Ellison is who he is. LuvLoogie May 22 #15

You know, MineralMan, the sad thing to me about the whole Weiss debacle is that PatrickforB May 22 #16

She didn't screw up. She succeeded. Iggo May 22 #17

Hope their entire ship goes done. They chose the fascist. Fuck 'e m. Joinfortmill May 22 #18

She is doing a great job IbogaProject May 22 #20

Why buy Warner Bros. of course, silly Ponietz May 22 #21

The "Disaster" is what her boss wanted ThoughtCriminal May 22 #22

Disasters are successes to MAGAts. live love laugh May 22 #23

With a promotion. RandySF Monday #26

CBS is now the Edsel bucolic_frolic Monday #27

CBS may hold an important place in the hearts of us aging DUers, but not so much in Paramount Skydance portfolio Ilikepurple Monday #28

CBS News wasn't profitable in the early years Kaleva Monday #31

I don't think any of the broadcast news divisions were profitable in the 50s and 60s Ilikepurple Monday #34

They had to repair the fire hydrant outside my condo. cachukis Monday #29

They need to fire the person who hired her. David Ellison Kaleva Monday #30

David Ellison and Jared Kushner both need a one way trip to Mars on a Space X rocket. Initech Monday #33

They'll hire someone even more fascist. Initech Monday #32

If they're considerate, set up counseling booths outside the boardrooms miyazaki Monday #35