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NCDem47

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13. Kelly was a disaster at NBC and left after two years

Reply to Takket (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 11:20 AM

Dec 25

Viewers were repelled.

Of course...that was a different time.

Heads of news divisions should be in the background and not do double duty as on-air talent.

But yes...I've maintained that Weiss thinks she can crack the code to get viewers back to CBS for "news." This is a set-up for failure and she'll be gone or demoted to podcast land for some CBS streaming news platform in the near future.

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Apt comparison. Paladin Dec 25 #7

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