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Warpy

(114,796 posts)
21. These jerks really think they shape public opinion
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 05:02 PM
Jun 23

the wag those loudspeakers up on posts shape it in North Korea.

Uh, wrong country and wrong culture, guys, and if you turn off your core audience, expect them all to turn you off. And if there is ever a Russia style choke hold put on the net, expect non participation there , too, as ewe find alternative and old school ways to communicate, making maximum use of sarcasm and irony, two things this bunch will just NEVER GET.

Lower ratings are just the first stage. Those will continue to drop, people either offended by the McFox content or just following the current trend of finding better content online. Broadcast news is going to have to fight to keep viewers and the likely demise of DBS might be the sad but necessary wakeup call for that.

Well, unless they chicken out again and Bari Weiss is out on her bony butt about the time the first anti discrimination lawsuits start to pour in over her very selective firings.

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Targeted for destruction because of its past integrity. Grokenstein Jun 23 #1
Stupidity has its price. (NT) The Wizard Jun 23 #2
Bari took something we loved from us, so we're returning the favor. Initech Jun 23 #13
I'll repeat my opinion on this point which is that.. NNadir Jun 23 #3
austensibly Quanto Magnus Jun 23 #12
"If it ain't broke..." call Bari Weiss! calimary Jun 23 #16
Barely wise. BattleRow Jun 23 #17
They committed suicide, what did they expect? tonekat Jun 23 #4
What's the surprise? Baitball Blogger Jun 23 #5
Mission accomplished Stuckinthebush Jun 23 #6
CBS is destroying itself for one of the absolute shittiest people in existence. Initech Jun 23 #7
We haven't watched any CBS show in months and won't in the future. Ritabert Jun 23 #8
Good. riversedge Jun 23 #9
FBI bmichaelh Jun 23 #10
I have no reason to watch CBS after Colbert and now 60 minutes newdeal2 Jun 23 #11
But nothing will change unless shareholders revolt ... Auggie Jun 23 #14
My Paramount+ account runs out in Sept and that will be that. I don't care if they Bengus81 Jun 24 #23
I'm surprised it wasn't worse Joinfortmill Jun 23 #15
Whose to say it really wasn't? BattleRow Jun 23 #18
The employees are nervous. It shows. If you want real news just look at what CBS does not cover. twodogsbarking Jun 23 #19
So they're expressing alarm? ananda Jun 23 #20
These jerks really think they shape public opinion Warpy Jun 23 #21
With the Paramount WB Discovery merger now approved, the Ellisons have two competing news channels.... Mawspam2 Jun 24 #22
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