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Now-former CBS News producer Alicia Hastey revealed in a memo announcing her departure from the network that under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, stories are being vetted for their ideological content, rather than for their newsworthiness. The memo further confirms the network’s shift to the right under parent company Paramount’s pro-Trump leadership.

In Hastey’s memo, released Wednesday night, she laments Weiss for implementing a “sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as ‘heterodox’ journalism.”

Hastey explains that what she saw as the network’s commitment to telling stories about underrepresented communities and challenging conventional wisdom “is increasingly becoming impossible.”

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

It's now known as See BS.

The Murc's Law Media was always catering to corporatism, if not overtly to the right wing.

It's just now that they are even worse under Pedonald.

[–] WhatSaid@lem.ugh.im 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The only reason to watch CBS was Colbert.

[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

He was literally a mouthpiece for the old CBS management and their political views

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Wow, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 58 points 1 day ago

The press being overtaken by the authorities is perhaps the most important part of making authoritarianism stick.

We here are not the target audience. We are the vastly small minority.

Even the slightest bias has been shown to impact sentiment and votes.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago

CBS rules:

  • Facts about Trump and his administration = bad ideology