CBS: A Week of Bad Calls, Logistical Screwups, and Flying Furniture [View all]
Jennifer Schulze
It was another jaw-dropping week at CBS. To protest the network’s politically-motivated cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s top-rated late night show, Colbert and David Letterman flung office furniture off the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater aiming it squarely at the infamous CBS eyemark logo. While the furniture was flying, problems at the news wing of the company also continued to soar.
Questionable editorial decisions dogged a key interview on 60 Minutes, embarrassing mistakes landed evening news anchor Tony Dokoupil in the wrong country for the Xi-Trump summit and audiences continued to look elsewhere for their news. The CBS Evening News just had its fifth week in a row with under 4 million viewers.
CBS isn’t just covering the news. It is in the news, as journalists continue to document its questionable calls, internal flubs, and on-air issues. Chaos and political meddling now define the once great news giant, not journalism. What a colossal shame.
The decline of CBS is also a big joke. “CBS News: when events happen, we’re at most one country away.” That was part of Colbert’s opening monologue on the same night as the furniture-flinging segment with Letterman. Like CBS News, Colbert is a victim of the company’s overall rightward shift and Donald Trump appeasement campaign. With just a handful of shows left, Colbert is punching through to the end.
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