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Bari Weiss’ rebrand of CBS News as “Fox News but way less successful!” is coming along apace.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor. One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”

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CBS News used to be the mother church of news. Thats where everyone wanted to work, and everyone watched. That was the network of Edward R Morrow, Douglas Edwards, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Bob Scheiffer, and Lesley Stahl to name a few.

I think Weiss is to an extent an actual True Believer. She genuinely believes that there is a gigantic untapped market for "common sense anti-Woke centrists." And also ofc the ultimate target audience is oligarchs. But I think it's both.

MSNBC actually did an unabashedly patriotic rebrand during Trump 1.0 You can be patriotic without being Fox News and frankly you cannot be patriotic and be Fox News. CBS picked a side and it’s uh… going to be a loser for them.

Being loyalr to the man-child in the White House shows a lack of respect for the Founding Fathers and everything we have worked to accept and live into as a nation. trumpism is in essense anti-Americanism.

These notices appear to be written by a silly 14-year-old with a desk drawer full of Cliff Notes. I cannot imagine being trapped in a meeting room, having to listen to Bari Weiss speak this crap. She sounds so insincere and immature.

No clue what led these ding dongs to believe that they could capture Fox News viewers by being Diet Fox News. Reminds me of DeSantis getting crushed by Trump in the primary. MAGA had zero interest in a cheap imitation. They wanted the real thing.

Remember there are many experienced, respected and talented journalists at CBS News who are horrified by the presence of Bari Weiss and her actions.

Can't wait for the opinions of idiots from Facebook and NextDoor instead of news reports by experts as CBS News brings us "average American views from randos at a midwestern diner.

Dear god, not a word about reporting news accurately and without bias (including American exceptionalism)? Walter Cronkite must be spinning like a lathe.

Fox News in a marketplace where there are already 3 Fox imitators already. This is the Ellisons intentionally burning it down, Bari is probably too up her own ass to notice that's the whole point.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

NEW from me: Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham. Take that, elites! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

His wife who shamelessly promoted him on MSNow must so proud (me dripping w/sarcasm) . It’s easy to turn off CBS news. MS Now seems to have a handful of reporters not performing for just one person, yet many of the important things are falling through due to chaos!