CBS News Boss: We Need to Hire Republicans Because GOP's 'Going to Take Over'

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-news-boss-says-they-need-to-hire-more-republicans-because-gops-going-to-take-over?ref=home


CBS News Boss: We Need to Hire Republicans Because GOP’s ‘Going to Take Over’

‘EMBARRASSED’
Justin Baragona
Media Reporter
Published Mar. 30, 2022 4:40PM ET
Bloomberg

According to leaked audio obtained by The Washington Post, CBS News co-president Neeraj Khemlani appeared to set the stage for the network’s highly criticized hiring of former Trump Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney by citing Republicans’ likely midterm victories. “If you look at some of the people that we’ve been hiring on a contributor basis, being able to make sure that we are getting access to both sides of the aisle is a priority because we know the Republicans are going to take over, most likely, in the midterms,” she told staffers of the network’s morning show this month. “A lot of the people that we’re bringing in are helping us in terms of access to that side of the equation.” A CBS News employee, following Tuesday’s official announcement that Mulvaney was a CBS contributor, told the Post that “everyone I talked to today was embarrassed about the hiring.” During his time with the Trump administration, which also included a stint as Office of Management and Budget director, Mulvaney initially downplayed the coronavirus pandemic as a media ploy “to bring down the president.” He also notoriously justified former President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine for political dirt, telling reporters to “get over it.”

[zuul]

1. Call CBS to file a complaint at [phone].

You will get a human when you call this number. Tell that person you want to file a complaint. You will then be able to leave a message when you're transferred.

[Achilleaze]

7. That number really works. Just called and spoke my mind.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. I just did exactly that. The woman who answered (in a nice way) sort of sighed and said . . .

. . . . she would transfer me to the complaint line.

Maybe people really are calling.

All that said, I will be anything all the complaints in the world won't amount to jack shit.

[zuul]

14. I've been plastering the CBS phone number all over Twitter.

I think if they get enough complaints, they will rethink Mulvaney.

If CBS really feels they need a repube point of view, there are many Rs who didn't work for the ShitHole Administration. How hard is it to find one?

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

31. Good idea...

I just did the same.

[PatrickforB]

58. Thanks for posting this number. I will be giving them a call tomorrow.

Small thing, maybe, but a way to fight back. News per se should be considered a public good and held sacrosanct from ratings and sharehold profits.

We really need a new Fairness Doctrine.

[enneacanthus]

2. How many times must this story be posted on DU? NT

[dchill]

3. I, for one, had not heard this "justification."

So, news to me!

[Coventina]

5. You're new here, so I'll explain:

In the General Discussion Forum, there are no duplicate thread rules.
Members are allowed to post threads on topics that have already been previously discussed.
If you do not wish to see a thread, you are welcome to use the "hide thread" feature.

[dalton99a]

39. +1

[Achilleaze]

8. 567 times

It's an outrage. CBS is totally prostituting itself. They need to hear about it, and they need to be shunned.

[DENVERPOPS]

30. It's not just CBS

I believe a statistic that I heard, that 80+% of all media in the U.S. is owned and/or operated by wealthy Republicans.

It isn't just Fox or RW media. It's all media, including the major network TV stations..........NBC is probably the most notable....

This corporate news bias has been obvious for DECADES.

It can be as subtle as showing a great portrait picture of the Republican, and right next to it, a crappy picture of the Democrat.
One media picture of Obama, actually took a file picture and darkened Obama's skin, make him appear much darker.......

Foreign journalists have told me many other techniques that the media uses to subconsciously slant the story, article or commentary.

[c-rational]

49. +1

[ck4829]

12. Until CBS is proven wrong?

[onenote]

17. Your concern is duly noted.

[NewHendoLib]

18. Many more times, oh easily frustrated one

[canuckledragger]

22. As many times as we want to, 4 post person.

Feel free to gripe about it, we'll still do it.

[Rebl2]

23. I have

never heard this, so news to me.

[NBachers]

24. This is the first time I saw it. I'm glad it's here.

[babylonsister]

26. So sorry to bore you.

I had not seen it and do try not to post duplicates but have been out and about today.

[MerryBlooms]

45. So far, once. With any luck, a few times. 🤨🧐🥸

[nilram]

51. First time I've seen this, so I guess it's enough now.

But the previous ones were all wasted.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

54. First I've seen it as well

[PatrickforB]

56. I had not heard about it. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. It's news to me if you don't mind.

[niyad]

62. What flavour pizza do you like?

I, for one, had not heard this. And, unless it is LBN, there can be multiplle postd on the same topic.

[Trueblue1968]

65. if you don't like this topic then DONT READ IT !!!! NO ONE in DU will EVER force you to read stuff

get over your irritation and you'll feel better. I for one think this is a very important topic ==
and anyway there isn't any rule how many time a specific topic can be posted.

[Achilleaze]

4. screw cbs corporation

so fatuous and so twisted wrongthink

so whacked

not to be trusted

[JHB]

6. A shining example of why "Democrats are bad at messaging". We're not, but this shit swamps us. nt

[Lovie777]

9. Majority are Republicans now . ...

that has not changed, but it's getting worst. Liberals/Progressives need their own news station, seriously.

[Caliman73]

10. The rot is being exposed.

When "access" is the coin of the realm, this is what happens. Especially when one of the major political parties wills it to be that way and controls a lot of the funding.

One of the things Chris Wallace said when talking to Stephen Colbert recently was that part of the problem with today's "press" is when it stopped being considered as a "public good" and started to be seen as a money making enterprise.

There has always been a problem with the press, bias, and power, but it seems that we are moving more and more from the idea of the Press holding the powerful accountable, to the Press acting as a publicist for the powerful

[Uncle Joe]

11. CBS News Boss actually said

I want to create a self-fulfilling prophecy, and expedite corporate supremacy over the American People.

Thanks for the thread babylonsister.

[sop]

15. When Democrats are in power, corporate media hires Republicans to "create balance."

When Republicans are in power, they hire Republicans to give "access to that side of the equation.”

[dem4decades]

16. CBS appears to be following in DOJ's footsteps.

[Duncan Grant]

19. Transnational crime syndicate -- Sarah Kendzior

It’s one thing to be a powerful institution and be infiltrated; it’s another to just f***ing hire them off the street.

[NewHendoLib]

20. It's clearly never time to put many Dems on the news. Always too

Many repubs. Because repubs own the media. Propaganda lession #2,467

[RussBLib]

21. disgusting and ridiculous

why don't you just bend over and spread your ass cheeks Neeraj?

[elias7]

25. Hire fascists because they're taking over anyway. What a stand up corporation...

[bucolic_frolic]

27. This calls for a BLISTERING BOYCOTT OF CBS ADVERTISERS

[DENVERPOPS]

32. If you were to Boycott

every Corporation, you wouldn't be able to buy much.............

Coming soon: United Corporate Fascist States of America.....

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Hey I can hunker down more than most

though I do need food

[TNNurse]

28. I already sent an email to a link for concerns about programming.

Hate to give up Sunday Morning, but I will if necessary.

[tishaLA]

29. It's not that CBS is hiring repubs

or even that they believe repubs will take over one chamber of congress after the elections--that's DC conventional wisdom. It's that when Mulvaney appeared on CBS, he was identified as “a former Office of Management and Budget director" rather than a repub or the OMB director for the twice impeached one term failure. I'd even settle for them calling him a founding member of the freedom caucus, but to put him on air as if he's a neutral observer is unforgivable.

[yardwork]

33. End stage capitalism. /nt

[TeamProg]

34. This is the way big media talk and plan, disgusting as it is, I'm not shocked or surprised in the

slightest.

[dalton99a]

36. Kick

[turbinetree]

37. She should resign.....seriously and take

old Mike Mulvaney with her.....

I do miss Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow...they had principles....

[Ford_Prefect]

38. They're ONLY in it for the money. Sounds like "the money" at CBS corporate is betting to set the

results of 2022 elections. Another wholly owned subsidiary of the Grand Oligarchy Party.

[PatSeg]

40. Damn!

[dchill]

41. Maybe it's not too late to hire Lara Logan back!

[BidenRocks]

42. Fuck CBS!

Murrow is shamed!
I removed them from my list of channels.
Sorry Colbert. You work for Nazis!
You did Nazi that coming, did you?!

[BlueIdaho]

43. Fascist News Network.

CBS can go to hell!

[pecosbob]

44. Blackrock and Vanguard it seems are the majority shareholders of our planet (including the MSM)

J.P. Morgan to KFC...

[Samrob]

46. The Pandemic taught me to do without a lot of things. I feel good about it.

Boycotting is the easiest thing for me to do. I just have to do some investigation to learn which mega corporations own the off brands.

[Cozmo]

47. Called CBS. Could tell by the sound of the voice on the other end they're expecting our complaints.

Buh-Bye CBS!

[gratuitous]

48. And if the GOP doesn't take over

CBS wants to be sure their precious views aren't lost just because they're in the minority. And if Republicans really get creamed in November, there will be even more Republicans looking for a job, and so CBS will have to hire more of them.

[DallasNE]

50. This Is What Corporate Ownership Demands

So, this is what corporate ownership gets. Follow the money.

[JohnSJ]

52. CBS fired Dan Rather because of a James O'Keefe setup instituted by Karl Rove, and instead they keep

this jackass, Neeraj Khemlani, who is admitting to intentionally setting the stage for bias reporting.

Murrow, Cronkite, and all the greats who made CBS news, have to be turning over in their grave on this

[Historic NY]

53. Since that's how they feel, Democrats should completely avoid them .

[bluestateboomer]

55. We need balance...

More liars to balance the truthtellers...
More Criminals to offset the lawabiding...

[Jedi Guy]

59. Hm. They project that the GOP will win control of at least one house of Congress in the midterms...

So they hire a Republican as a commentator because that person has access to other Republicans and is therefore able to provide commentary and inside speculation on the political news of the day. That seems... completely reasonable, actually.

I think their selection of Mulvaney is certainly questionable, as there have got to be better options in terms of former members of 45's administration. Allowing him to use this gig to rehabilitate his image is certainly objectionable, as well. Mulvaney was and is a trog.

That said, the outrage and righteous indignation about this is a little silly, honestly. I highly doubt anyone around here would be in high dudgeon about this if Mulvaney had been a member of a Democratic administration.

[rockfordfile]

63. BS it shows how corrupt they are. Don't make excuses for them it shows your true colors.

[Jedi Guy]

67. Well...

CBS projecting that the GOP will take control of one, if not both, houses of Congress shouldn't be shocking. Pundits have been making that exact prediction for quite some time now, and historically the President's party loses seats in midterm elections, particularly in his first term. Given the thin margins in both houses, it's reasonable to conclude that both are in play for the GOP.

Nor should it be shocking that they're hiring a commentator to give them a window into the inner workings of that party. Like I said, though, they certainly could have made a better choice than Mulvaney. CBS is making a move that they believe will benefit their journalism and, since news is a business like anything else, their bottom line.

As for their supposed corruption, different media bias analyses show CBS to be center-left, depending on which one you're looking at. I don't know of any that show them having a bias towards the right, but if you can find one, I'd certainly take a look at it. So if they are indeed corrupt, they're corrupt in our favor.

Tell me true: if this same exact event took place but with the parties reversed and they'd selected Denis McDonough for the same reasons, do you think anyone here on DU would be all worked up about it? If you can say "yes" to that question while maintaining a straight face, Hollywood is where you should be. DU would be lauding the choice, if it were discussed at all.

As for my true colors, yes, I revealed myself as someone who considers the facts and engages in reasoned analysis of same. How awful...

[Hekate]

60. Kurt Bardella has an op-ed piece in today's LA Times excoriating CBS for this action

https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?token=42e23962a5d74614be16bae3d62d13e7&utm_id=51582&sfmc_id=1778350&edid=36640265-d829-410d-9f04-ed5a523bc828

Come on, CBS News. Don’t legitimize Mick Mulvaney
Giving the former Trump official a paid contributor gig is an act of journalistic malpractice.

BY KURT BARDELLA
From mid-December 2018 through early March 2020, Mick Mulvaney, a former member of Congress from South Carolina, served as President Trump’s acting chief of staff.

On Mulvaney’s watch, the White House took a wrecking ball to checks and balances by vowing to defy all congressional subpoenas.
On Mulvaney’s watch, the Trump administration launched an unconstitutional attack against the process to conduct a fair census.
On Mulvaney’s watch, at least 25 administration officials received security clearances that should not have been granted based on the recommendations of intelligence officials.
On Mulvaney’s watch, Trump ignored numerous warnings from health experts about the severity of the coronavirus. More than 970,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

And yet, in spite of this record, CBS News made the decision to reward Mulvaney with a gig as a paid contributor. I’d expect this move from a Trump-aligned propaganda medium like Fox News. But from CBS News? Give me a break.

It’s as if the powers-that-be at the network learned nothing from a tumultuous presidency that culminated with insurrectionists attacking the U.S. Capitol. The very people who rode shotgun in the effort to dismantle democracy are being rewarded with book deals, guest-host roles on TV shows and more. Let’s be clear: Democracy doesn’t die in darkness, it dies because of stuff like this.

[live love laugh]

61. Trump fired him. What "access"?

[rockfordfile]

64. CBS is hiring a pos that lied about covid that's killed million Americans. Putin's friends?

[betsuni]

66. Access? Bullshit.