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edhopper

(37,094 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 09:56 AM Thursday

CBS News, one month

that is how long Bari Weiss and Larry Ellison took to destroy one of the most venerable and respected News organizations in the country. Nearly a century of journalism gone in an instant.
Today, it is a propaganda arm of the Trump Administration.
We can lose things so quickly, and don't expect it to "go back to normal" when TSF is gone.
America has been fundamentally changed and scarred, and recovery will not be the way things use to be.
Meanwhile we have 3 years to watch the dumpster fire that was once our country.

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SocialDemocrat61

(6,870 posts)
1. I could argue that the destruction began
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 09:58 AM
Thursday

when they fired Dan Rather or even before that. The corporate media has been on this road for 30 years. Weiss and Ellison just accelerated the process at CBS.

SheltieLover

(76,906 posts)
2. I wouldn't personally call that bs news, but I'm sure they are
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
Thursday

Haven't watched any tv in over 10 years because I have zero tolerance for liars. These days, I'd be likely to

NCDem47

(3,326 posts)
6. It is going to be so delicious when this all flops.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 10:10 AM
Thursday

And it will.

Curious where Paramount goes after tha.

edhopper

(37,094 posts)
7. They don't care
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 02:49 PM
Thursday

Ellison has bigger goals than a viable TV News organization. Look at Bezos and the Wash Post.
He is worth $250 billion, he wants fascism, not a small profit on the evening News.

UTUSN

(76,978 posts)
8. WEISS is not original, is following Chris LICHT's crash at CNN, is turning existing formats upside down.
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 03:46 PM
Thursday

And will probably (or hopefully) crash and burn. She's taken stabs at 60 Minutes and the evening news, but here she is in her
dungeon la-bore-atory, preparing to zap a copy of The View into - kidding you NOT - "The Right View"!

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/anti-woke-cbs-boss-developing-right-leaning-rival-to-the-view/ar-AA1TLkJK?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=695fdcd7c08049f8b24ad93cd381df9b&ei=131

Anti-woke CBS boss developing right-leaning rival to 'The View'

.... Weiss, who has a reputation for being anti-woke, is reportedly developing a new daytime panel show — not a reboot of The Talk — that’s quietly being billed as The Right View. ....

“It’s personal,” an insider told Hollywood insider Rob Shuter, who writes on Substack.

“Bari never forgot how The View passed on her in 2021 to fill the conservative co-host seat. Now she’s in a position to create something smarter, sharper and more balanced. It’s her vision of what daytime TV should be — real debate without the screaming.”

Weiss guest-hosted episodes of The View in 2020 and 2021 but “didn’t test well with audiences,” according to Variety, which reported the audience didn’t understand her centrist-right contrarian politics.

She also had low scores with focus groups. ....

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WEISS's statue/bust at "The University of Austin," a "free speech outfit stocked with Wingnuts, some against free speech:


Here's Sam SEDER send-up of DOKOUPIL's crying debut and road tour showcasing the new WEISS evening news:

keep_left

(3,161 posts)
9. LOL, "The Right View". Weiss is just plagiarizing EWTN...
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 05:04 PM
Thursday

...(radtrad Catholic network), which has featured a knockoff version of "The View" for years now. The name of the show: "The Catholic View for Women". Exact same format as the show on ABC, except that the "hosts" are a crew of far-right harpies. The show is utterly unwatchable.

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