Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

[CMRivdogs]

A bittersweet Friday night. CBS Radio News is signing off after 99 years. For many years growing up and into my adult years top of the hour CBS news was a staple in my life...and as I entered adult hood, I had the privilege of working for a station that carried the network.

My wife had the privilege of managing news departments of CBS owned stations in Chicago and Detroit (both all newsers) as well as Norfolk, Va. I had an ancillary role as a traffic reporter for Chicago's All News station for several years.

The media landscape has changed over the last 50 years, but I will be raising a glass of ginger ale to what was once the gold standard

 

[chasfh]

I promise you if Agent Orange weren't in charge, CBS Radio News would not be shuttering its doors.

[CMRivdogs]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

I promise you if Agent Orange weren't in charge, CBS Radio News would not be shuttering its doors.

They sold off their radio stations a few years ago. With fewer radio stations, outside of Trumpservative talkers carrying any sort of network news, the move was probably inevitable. 

[romad1]

Was interested to see that report about a new version of the Washington Star.  Probably be run by some psycho oligarch but, maybe it will be centerist and aimed at the workforce of DC metro not the Newsmax audience.   

[romad1]

Shocked he or anyone else is still there.

60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lays into CBS leadership over cuts | CBS | The Guardian

[romad1]

 

[romad1]

Just now, romad1 said:

 

Holy crap Scott Pelley!

[CMRivdogs]

Every self respecting journalist should boycott this Dog and Pony Show

 

[chasfh]

4 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Every self respecting journalist should boycott this Dog and Pony Show

 

I'd like that, but they can't risk their access.

[pfife]

CBS fired scott pelley for insufficient deference to barry weiss

[Tigerbomb13]

**** Bari Weiss

[pfife]

Hot damn thats a lot of Emmys walking out the 60 Mins door

[romad1]

7 hours ago, pfife said:

Hot damn thats a lot of Emmys walking out the 60 Mins door

Blaze of glory though.  Go correctly!

 

[pfife]

Dropped a nuke on em

[guy incognito]

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, pfife said:

CBS fired scott pelley for insufficient deference to barry weiss

Well, it was her unspoken mission to destroy the integrity of CBS News.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, guy incognito said:

I prefer more music.

[RatkoVarda]

they had to fire him; he completely humiliated the guy, but even worse he told 2 truths:

you are not qualified to head the most successful (and profitable $$$) news show in TV history

Bari Weiss was brought in the destroy CBS news and specifically 60 Minutes

[Tigerbomb13]

It may seem like turmoil, but Bari is doing exactly what she was brought in to do. 

[CMRivdogs]

Guess who broke it?

From the days of Murrow, Sevaried and Cronkite to Bari Weiss and Sundance Paramount.....Thank you Corporate Media for contributing to the downfall of the Free Press...  

[chasfh]

12 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Guess who broke it?

From the days of Murrow, Sevaried and Cronkite to Bari Weiss and Sundance Paramount.....Thank you Corporate Media for contributing to the downfall of the Free Press...  

Also, guess when it was really broken?

[CMRivdogs]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

Also, guess when it was really broken?

The day Sumner Redstone died?  Or can we take it back to Mel Karmazin?

[gehringer_2]

I think what would help the honest news business would be per story pricing. Not as a replacement for subscriptions, but as an adjunct. That would help support reporters doing in depth stories because when they hit, they would generate additional revenue. I can't count the number of times I've picked up a lead on a story I wanted to read that led me to a local newspaper or some e-mag that was paywalled. I would have gladly paid a buck or two to read the story but wasn't going to subscribe to an out of town paper to do it. If the argument is that the overhead on small e-payments to too large, then build a micro-payment system. Maybe you buy 10 or 15 tokens a month and drop them at any news outlet in the system. There is a market for journalism. What's killing journalism is the lack of good ways for good journalists to get paid in that market.

Edited 4 hours ago by gehringer_2

[romad1]

1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said:

Guess who broke it?

From the days of Murrow, Sevaried and Cronkite to Bari Weiss and Sundance Paramount.....Thank you Corporate Media for contributing to the downfall of the Free Press...  

[I'm only saying this because its not actually true...]

Leslie Stahl has to stay, she's got to feed those demons and she's into the sharks for all her gambling debts and that heroin...

[chasfh]

This from a newsletter I get from a media industry insider:

My Personal Post on Facebook About CBS
No upfront presentation. No press breakfast. No fanfare over next season’s primetime lineup. Stephen Colbert exits after last night as part of a cost-cutting strategy. Escalating turmoil at CBS News regarding editorial independence. “60 Minutes” continues to lose staff, with Scott Pelley the latest departure. The tarnished Tiffany Network’s famous “Eye” is looking more bloodshot by the day.