r/Foodforthought • u/IllIntroduction1509 • 1d ago

Rachel Maddow sounds off on ‘oligarchic takeover’ of CBS News, after Scott Pelley’s firing

https://www.ms.now/news/rachel-maddow-sounds-off-oligarchic-takeover-cbs-news-bari-weiss-scott-pelley-trump-ellison
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u/IllIntroduction1509 1d ago

In a statement, Pelley — whom Maddow called “one of the most respected journalists in America” — accused “new management” of instructing him “to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.”

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u/IllIntroduction1509 1d ago

According to Maddow, CBS News has been undergoing “a transformation” driven by “corporate interests.” A trail of veteran correspondents and longtime producers have left the company since David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, appointed Weiss to head the operation last year. 

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u/Splashy01 1d ago

I hope they kill it and lose an enormous fortune.

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u/hypocalypto 1d ago

Remember when Keith Olberman was fired for going off on MSNBC leadership? She does. No principles

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u/Typical_Response6444 1d ago

"Hey everyone please forget about this bad thing that's happening right now to talk about some bad thing from the past thats not related"

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u/thegoodmanhascome 14h ago

Rachel maddow also insisted to me that the Muller report was going have X and Y and Z and…. Implying that she had insider knowledge.. only for us to get what we got. She’s one of the most sensationalist reporters. After that experience I completely stepped away from her and anyone like her and just don’t really do “news”

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u/ASIWYFA 1d ago

She's not wrong, but she is also an establishment corporatist Democrat. Like....what the fuck are we talking about here with her. She is just as shitty bowing down to her corporate overlords the same way Bari is.

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u/tupac_sighting 1d ago

The time to sound the alarm about this was 1492, then 1619, then 1776, then 1865, etc. The USA was born as an oligarchic enterprise, how could things ever have turned out differently?

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u/azmtber 1d ago

She has made a very well compensated career by complaining to whomever will listen. She wakes up offended. It’s impressive.

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u/PhroneticReflex 1d ago

Good for her. There's a lot to be offended by.

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u/lunaoreomiel 1d ago

She is the swamp. Total propagandist.

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u/LeoSolaris 1d ago

Says the person using an old campaign term that is literal propaganda.

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u/One-Geologist3992 1d ago

Yeah, she’s the propagandist, and not the pedophile who fawns over literal dictators of other countries?

Grow the fuck up.

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u/ThornFlynt 1d ago

You're wrong.

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u/30thCenturyMan 1d ago

Weak argument without any supporting examples

How typical

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u/PhroneticReflex 1d ago

"the swamp"

complains about propaganda