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relayerbob

(7,394 posts)
40. Too late. The toast is already burned beyond recognition
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:39 PM
Jan 27

Weiss needs to understand that facts and truth are what news is about, not 2 billion podcasters screaming bullshit out of every orifice. But, she doesn't care, and is getting paid well to not care.

And "time' arrow"? Really? Is she in second fucking grade?

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She's hastening its demise. RandySF Jan 27 #1
CBS is already "toast" Sessuch Jan 27 #23
She has no fucking clue. NewHendoLib Jan 27 #2
So she's gonna double down for burnt toast. 🤨 tanyev Jan 27 #3
She can't attract an audience that advertisers give a hoot about. C_U_L8R Jan 27 #4
love it samsingh Jan 27 #27
"The Story" Kid Berwyn Jan 27 #5
If it heads the direction Weiss wants, let it die Whyisthisstillclose Jan 27 #6
Let the entire legacy media die. They have refused to do the duty of the 4th estate Bluetus Jan 27 #46
"widen the aperture" Nasruddin Jan 27 #7
Why don't they have radical left academics and Portland anarchists on? Prairie Gates Jan 27 #11
In photography, a larger lens aperture results in a shallower depth of field Seinan Sensei Wednesday #54
Cronkite didn't "widen the aperture"...... SergeStorms Wednesday #57
Turns out that becoming Trump's lying media propaganda network is not so successful. Lonestarblue Jan 27 #8
Nobody wants to see goofy internet discourse on their evening news Prairie Gates Jan 27 #9
I'm not sure what her message is. CrispyQ Jan 27 #10
Her message is RW gibberish and ego. highplainsdem Jan 27 #41
My guess: "Scoops" means instant regurgitation of anything her buds at the White House want disseminated. tanyev Jan 27 #50
Catering to Christian Nationalist and other immoral and deeply Un-American factions is the suicidal course. pat_k Jan 27 #12
Why watch Fox-Lite? Mz Pip Jan 27 #13
+1. dalton99a Jan 27 #14
+2. byronius Jan 27 #34
Why watch "Faux Faux" when you can get real Faux? hvn_nbr_2 Jan 27 #35
How's this for "a symbol of old thinking" BaronChocula Jan 27 #15
She is trying to turn CBS into Fox Bluestocking Jan 27 #16
Bari Weiss, cofounder of Jews for Hitler. paleotn Jan 27 #17
How DARE she even speak his name??? niyad Jan 27 #18
The woman is a Keepthesoulalive Jan 27 #19
Who was the idiot that hired her? WTH Barbegazi Wednesday #55
Well, CBS DownriverDem Jan 27 #20
Wasn't haryn Jan 27 #21
See B S News MW67 Jan 27 #22
Without Colbert, all they have left is football for me. BidenRocks Jan 27 #24
Extra dark, please. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 27 #25
Stupid person UpInArms Jan 27 #26
News without truth and integrity has no future bucolic_frolic Jan 27 #28
Hey trump lackey what do you think Cronkite would say to you/CBS .......maybe something on the line I quit go pound sand turbinetree Jan 27 #29
for over a decade now, they've been telling us "we need to hear more from" the bigots in america unblock Jan 27 #30
Bari(barely) damifino10 Jan 27 #31
She must think she's so smart... Mike Nelson Jan 27 #32
Oh how cute, she thinks she's a news legend. Crowman2009 Jan 27 #33
"We should showcase more racism, more authoritarian anger and violence, more eliminationism" struggle4progress Jan 27 #36
Bari Weiss is 700 Club material, not serious news. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 27 #37
Do they have a board that can fire her? Puppyjive Jan 27 #38
Bari has been an outstanding Toastess Zambero Jan 27 #39
Too late. The toast is already burned beyond recognition relayerbob Jan 27 #40
SHE is "the current path" Skittles Jan 27 #42
A gay "news" executive working for and licking the shoes of an anti-gay President wolfie001 Jan 27 #43
The MAGA movement is losing on all fronts. The nation has rebuked fasscism. Martin68 Jan 27 #44
"He had two competitors. We have two billion, give or take." LudwigPastorius Jan 27 #45
Keep the greatest news anchor's name out of your fucking mouth. dem4decades Jan 27 #47
No one wants Fox lite. Old Crank Jan 27 #48
My wife and I have already stopped viewing CBS news since Barri Weiss took the helm. The changes have been clear and KPN Jan 27 #49
An amubulatory bundle of shitty business cliches, with that extra dash of extra-stupid. hatrack Jan 27 #51
This is Vichy News thought crime Jan 27 #52
CBS News was thrown upon the altar as a sacrifice to close a merger that the corporate headquarters wanted. cstanleytech Wednesday #53
Dumb fk Bari figures out that she was brought in to take the fall. Hassler Wednesday #56
Those Paramount+ cancellations rolling in? I did,hope others do to. Had that service for over a decade Bengus81 Wednesday #58
Celebrating that CBS booked right-wing radio host and former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch for CBS Mornings muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #59
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