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CBS News Employees 'Baffled' 'Embarrassed' By Hire of Trump Aide, Mick Mulvaney. Get Used To It Guys
- Daily Kos, March 31, 2022. Ed.
The list of people unhappy with CBS News hiring former top Trump aide Mick Mulvaney as a contributor includes quite a few people at CBS News. But network executives are very clear about why they wanted Mulvaney: not for his expertise, but for the access they hope he offers. If you look at some of the people that weve 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,
The Washington Post reports CBS News Co-president Neeraj Khemlani told morning show staff. A lot of the people that were bringing in are helping us in terms of access to that side of the equation. Yeah, buddy, if you think you're getting anything but contempt from the likes of Mulvaney, youre deluding yourself. Mulvaney will be happy to cash checks from CBS while using it as a propaganda platform, but his presence on the network wont change the fundamental Republican hostility to the media.
RELATED STORY: CBS News announces a big new hire: Former top Trump aide who defended Ukraine quid pro quo
Meanwhile, CBS News is dealing itself a hit to its reputation. In the middle of Russias brutal invasion of Ukraine, the network has hired a guy who played an instrumental role in withholding military aid from Ukraine for political favors and then defended it as business as usual, telling reporters to Get over it, because, There is going to be political influence in foreign policy. As Trumps Office of Management and Budget (OMB) head & acting White House chief of staff, when Mulvaney wasnt defending the indefensible, he was just plain lying. Thats the quality of analysis CBS News is elevating in the hopes of getting access to more people who will offer it the same.
I know everyone I talked to today was embarrassed about the hiring, due in large part to Mulvaneys history of what the Post politely describes as inaccuracy, an unnamed CBS News employee said. Everyone is baffled, said another unnamed CBS employee. Why be baffled? Your co-president explained the thinking. CBS News is paying for a guy with a documented history of falsehood who, as OMB head, was one of the people directly responsible for withholding military aid from Ukraine so his boss could demand personal political favors, because the leadership at CBS News thinks this is what the network needs to do its work if Republicans take the House.
Its not about accuracy or honesty in reporting. Its about Republicans answering your callsmaybe to lie to you, but answering. And the whole thing is kind of a perfect microcosm of how the traditional media operates...
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/31/2088181/-CBS-News-executive-explains-Mulvaney-hire-It-s-all-about-access-to-Republicans
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CBS News Employees 'Baffled' 'Embarrassed' By Hire of Trump Aide, Mick Mulvaney. Get Used To It Guys (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Mar 2022
OP
Access?! Jesus Christ too cheap to hire reporters, too lazy to do real reporting?
Walleye
Mar 2022
#3
Mulvaney was a total prick, crank of a politician long before Trump came around.
Midnight Writer
Mar 2022
#7
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)1. I won't be watching
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)2. I gave up on them a while ago: Trump is good for CBS, Les Moonves
Walleye
(31,017 posts)3. Access?! Jesus Christ too cheap to hire reporters, too lazy to do real reporting?
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)4. Corporate is as corporate does.
Thanks for the thread appalachiablue.
SergeStorms
(19,200 posts)5. "Access" to who?
The biggest liars and criminals in politics today?
Fuck you, CBS.
2naSalit
(86,580 posts)6. I wasn't watching in the first place...
So this is just more reason why that will never change.
Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)7. Mulvaney was a total prick, crank of a politician long before Trump came around.
His "Feed the rich, starve the poor" economic philosophy is insane and evil.