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Stuart G

(38,726 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:10 PM Oct 2017

CBS News, a network of Edward R. Morrow, Walter Cronkite, and more. Screwd up today.

CBS reported someone died, who had not died. How this happened is not important. All over the world, people were feeling the pain of death for someone who had not died. CBS lied in a way that unimaginable. This shows how far that network has fallen. CBS, a network with a great history of news reporting, became a joke today.
What died this afternoon was CBS's reputation for honesty and integrity. A particular man did not die this afternoon. CBS's reputation for reporting the news in an accurate way did indeed die today.

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CBS News, a network of Edward R. Morrow, Walter Cronkite, and more. Screwd up today. (Original Post) Stuart G Oct 2017 OP

umm it is a mistake which has been corrected. hardly the death of any person or entity. nt msongs Oct 2017 #1

A mistake it was. Stuart G Oct 2017 #2

I REALLY hold a grudge. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #3

You are so old school! PJMcK Oct 2017 #4

At the link, you will see a great newspaper mistake, that was corrected a few hours later Stuart G Oct 2017 #5

39 second video of a politician lying, Always remembered, he has no reputation for integrity. Stuart G Oct 2017 #6

Even NIXON can say "I never profited from public service" sharedvalues Oct 2017 #8

CBS's integrity died long ago - Moonves quote, Feb 2016 sharedvalues Oct 2017 #7

msongs

(69,961 posts)

1. umm it is a mistake which has been corrected. hardly the death of any person or entity. nt

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:12 PM

Oct 2017

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

2. A mistake it was.

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:16 PM

Oct 2017

I believe that most who follow the news will not forgive this kind of reporting. That is my opinion.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

3. I REALLY hold a grudge.

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:27 PM

Oct 2017

I haven't watched CBS since Dan Rather called Florida for Gore - an hour before the polls closed in the panhandle!

PJMcK

(22,829 posts)

4. You are so old school!

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:32 PM

Oct 2017

Nobody watches the network news anymore.

Or didn't you know?

(wink)

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

5. At the link, you will see a great newspaper mistake, that was corrected a few hours later

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:49 PM

Oct 2017

It works..I am having trouble copying this one..the link works..many pictures. (worth looking at) If you have a copy of this newspaper, I think it is worth something.

https://www.google.com/search?q=picture+dewey+defeats+truman&rlz=1T4GGNI_enUS494US495&tbm=isch&imgil=dpcsZEIdLeA0DM%253A%253B3o-ziIHKJJjJVM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwattsupwiththat.com%25252F2016%25252F11%25252F09%25252Fhump-day-hilarity-dewey-defeats-truman-deja-vu%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=dpcsZEIdLeA0DM%253A%252C3o-ziIHKJJjJVM%252C_&usg=__DLQJ_FTYEMzvSBt4WCB41iaobxM%3D&biw=1280&bih=566&ved=0ahUKEwj9vZGgt9PWAhVKgiYKHbrHDPcQyjcIMQ&ei=RPnSWf2LGsqEmgG6j7O4Dw#imgrc=dpcsZEIdLeA0DM:&spf=1506998601525

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

6. 39 second video of a politician lying, Always remembered, he has no reputation for integrity.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:04 PM

Oct 2017

Listen for the last five words at the end of the video..

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

8. Even NIXON can say "I never profited from public service"

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 11:49 PM

Oct 2017

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

7. CBS's integrity died long ago - Moonves quote, Feb 2016

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 11:48 PM

Oct 2017

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/02/les-moonves-trump-cbs-220001

Les Moonves: Trump's run is 'damn good for CBS'
By ELIZA COLLINS 02/29/2016 06:15 PM EST

Donald Trump’s candidacy might not be making America great, CBS Chairman Les Moonves said Monday, but it’s great for his company.

"It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS," Moonves said at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, according to The Hollywood Reporter — perfectly distilling what media critics have long suspected was motivating the round-the-clock coverage of Trump's presidential bid.

"Most of the ads are not about issues. They're sort of like the debates," Moonves said, noting, "[t]here's a lot of money in the marketplace."

The 2016 campaign is a "circus," he remarked, but "Donald's place in this election is a good thing."

"Man, who would have expected the ride we're all having right now? ... The money's rolling in and this is fun," Moonves went on. "I've never seen anything like this, and this going to be a very good year for us. Sorry. It's a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going.”

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