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WSHazel

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1. Who would have thought

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:47 AM

11 hrs ago

Who would have thought that putting a Nepo baby in charge of a major entertainment enterprise would turn into a train wreck? Even Fox had enough sense to keep the news and entertainment businesses separate. Paramount is going to have a really hard time getting anyone to bring their shows to that network. They will likely have to overpay compered to other networks.

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CBS is unraveling -- and it goes beyond Bari Weiss [View all] marmar 11 hrs ago OP

Who would have thought WSHazel 11 hrs ago #1

Fox has the perpetual motion machine thusly: PCIntern 11 hrs ago #3

Best step by step description ever! UTUSN 11 hrs ago #6

And so Fox makes money from every demographic. yardwork 10 hrs ago #12

Ex-actly PCIntern 10 hrs ago #18

urm, you forgot something NJCher 9 hrs ago #28

Right. All the while ca$hing in on it. progressoid 9 hrs ago #34

And CBS will never be the Fux Nooze they aspire to mdbl 8 hrs ago #36

It's all entertainment. That's how Fox has articulated a defense spooky3 9 hrs ago #24

WSHazel........ Upthevibe 2 hrs ago #39

Legal departments bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #2

CYA? Picaro 11 hrs ago #9

Yes, that must be what I meant. bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #16

Every story about CBS seems to miss the point LR3 11 hrs ago #4

Exactly edhopper 9 hrs ago #25

I worked there and got called on it. BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #27

You are correct. They are actually a former client of mine LR3 9 hrs ago #31

Yes, the most of our traditional news outlets are more valuable as servants of the rich than being profitable Ilikepurple 3 hrs ago #38

In the end, they will reap what they sow. multigraincracker 11 hrs ago #5

If gerryatwork 10 hrs ago #13

I wish we'd hurry up with the reaping. maxsolomon 10 hrs ago #14

I hope we make it. multigraincracker 10 hrs ago #15

Who is going to write the history? LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #29

It took 100 years for CBS to build a reputation. Initech 11 hrs ago #7

Paramount gave the keys to the car (CBS News) to a twelve-year-old and she drove it into a ditch. hay rick 11 hrs ago #8

And their billionaire criminal owners added more billions to their ill gotten pile. Initech 10 hrs ago #19

K&R. When Anderson's leaving was announced my first reaction was to cheer as his "kicking UTUSN 11 hrs ago #10

And now Warner bros is going to destroy itself also by allowing itself to brought by Paramount. kimbutgar 10 hrs ago #11

And sold to the Saudis. Initech 10 hrs ago #20

James Talarico raised over $2.5 million in just 24 hours after it aired on youtube. OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #17

I don't think the Ellisons care if the network fails. Nt Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #21

Same thing is happening with poli-junkie 10 hrs ago #22

I've stopped watching everything on CBS. Ritabert 10 hrs ago #23

LOL Jeopardy is on ABC here. I now watch ABC with David Muir if I do watch evening news. Don't even dem4decades 9 hrs ago #26

Jeopardy is on ABC in some locales but not here. Ritabert 9 hrs ago #32

To me DownriverDem 9 hrs ago #30

As is Mike Wallace. Ritabert 9 hrs ago #33

The Tiffany Network! BidenRocks 8 hrs ago #35

And that's the way it is, February 18th, 2026. BHDem53 5 hrs ago #37

marmar............ Upthevibe 2 hrs ago #40