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mwmisses4289

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3. CBS started going downhill in the 1990's.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:53 AM

Mar 20

It's news has always been in last place (this was when ABC, NBC, AND CBS were still the major sources of news). Usually ABC and NBC would alternate top spot. CBS did have good programming for other shows, but their news always sucked.

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Bari Weiss Reportedly Planning 'Imminently' to Layoff Dozens of Staffers at CBS News [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 20 OP

just fire everyone, including yourself lapfog_1 Mar 20 #1

Weiss is really an idiot WSHazel Mar 20 #2

WILL become a wasteland? 3Hotdogs Mar 20 #9

For real ck4829 Monday #23

CBS started going downhill in the 1990's. mwmisses4289 Mar 20 #3

With Weiss being a right wing Trump acolyte running CBS News The Wizard Mar 20 #4

who needs CBS/Trump News anyway, they're just going to rebroadcast Fox. dem4decades Mar 20 #5

Personally, I avoid anything CBS now just the same way I avoid FOX cable, CNN, and X. mysteryowl Mar 20 #6

What she says doesn't even make sense. How will they get stories you can't find anywhere else by using the same Iris Mar 20 #7

It's all written by AI now, haven't you heard? FakeNoose Mar 20 #11

By making up stories to push propaganda drray23 Mar 20 #20

Have AI just make it up? That way it is exclusive to them. travelingthrulife Monday #29

billionaires oppose the free exchange of ideas wolfie001 Mar 20 #8

"Heavens to Murgatroyd" BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #10

Boomer humor! wolfie001 Mar 20 #16

... BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #18

Bingo! ck4829 Monday #24

Is this her Waterloo, or her East Wing? Swede Mar 20 #12

She has no plans. She's making-it-up-as-she-goes-along ... reacting to each situation, chasing butterflies in the wind. QueerDuck Mar 20 #13

I hope she knows she'll have no viewers. Ritabert Mar 20 #14

I used to watch 60 minutes and Sunday morning BonnieJW Mar 20 #17

Agreed. Ritabert Mar 20 #19

They only want a couple... billionaires and the government ck4829 Monday #25

True. Ritabert Monday #32

I am one who stopped watching CBS after Ellison bought it. lostincalifornia Monday #27

If you can't do your job, fire people to change the subject. travelingthrulife Mar 20 #15

If you're broadcasting news that can't be found in 5 or 10 other places, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 20 #21

This. She is gonna let AI run wild. travelingthrulife Monday #30

I've got a digit Weiss can focus on. __ oasis Mar 20 #22

All the KCBS radio stations are being shut down nationally. It was one of the few places on the radio where they lostincalifornia Monday #26

"Imminently" now means 47 plus years, right? Midnight Writer Monday #28

I am really annoyed when I'm forced to watch CBS right now ms liberty Monday #31

It's has been on TBS RainCaster Monday #33

Not Duke, here in NC their Division is running on CBS. ms liberty Monday #35

So sorry to hear that RainCaster Monday #37

No more CBS, Sinclair or CNN in our house RainCaster Monday #34

She's flailing GenThePerservering Monday #36