CBS Axes Jeff Glor, Climate Reporter Ben Tracy, Two Others in Layoffs

September 25th, 2024 4:06 PM

Late Tuesday, word broke via Puck’s Dylan Byers that CBS Saturday Morning co-host, former CBS Evening News anchor, and longtime network mainstay Jeff Glor was being laid off as part of cost-cutting measures by parent company Paramount that aims to trim roughly 15 percent of its U.S. workforce. Along with Glor, Deadline and others have shared that other on-air cuts include…

FLASHBACK: Networks Ignored Dem Senator’s Tawdry Corruption Trial

November 18th, 2023 8:45 AM

Six years ago, the networks had a chance to properly report on Senator Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) alleged corruption during an earlier federal trial, and they blew it. NewsBusters documented how ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN buried the embarrassing (for Democrats) trial detailing how Menendez accepted extravagant gifts and travel, in exchange for federal favors.

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CBS Leaps to Defense of ‘Target’ Newsom in Recall, Spins His Hypocrisy

July 29th, 2021 11:48 AM

After hiding the newest polling showing California’s recall a dead heat, CBS on Thursday morning discovered that Democrat Gavin Newsom is a “target” for removal. But This Morning’s Anna Werner acted as a press agent for Newsom, defending him against the latest charge of maskless hypocrisy (while not mentioning he has a history of it).

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Toxic Baby Food Ignored as ABC, NBC Spend 12 Minutes on MTG

February 4th, 2021 8:55 PM

The liberal media were making a full-court press in an effort to try to make freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her loony conspiracy theories the face of the entire Republican Party. ABC and NBC were so focused on that mission Thursday that they put aside the health and safety of the families that relied on them for information. Specifically, they ignored a new government…

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Violent CHOP Goes Down, After Media Called It a Fun ‘Street Festival!’

July 2nd, 2020 10:20 AM

The following is a look at some of the more absurd attempts by lib reporters to portray the protest zones as peaceful fun-filled “street festivals.” 

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CBS Touts ‘Art Display,’ ‘Street Fair' Atmosphere of ‘Autonomous Zone'

June 12th, 2020 11:56 AM

Rather than focus on the radical and dangerous nature of protesters taking over and occupying a section of Seattle, CBS This Morning on Friday instead highlighted the “street fair-like atmosphere,” including “art displays and “outdoor movies.” 

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CBS Warns of 'Scary Times' as New Pro-Life Laws Pass in States

May 31st, 2019 4:21 PM

CBS This Morning journalists on Friday warned of a “scary time for a lot of people” as several states are “one closure away from having zero [abortion] clinics.” Reporter Anna Werner also hinted that states such as Georgia would regret their pro-life legislation: “But some states with so-called heartbeat bans are seeing the cost of passing those laws.” 

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King Reverses Course on Rose: ‘Let the Chips Fall Where They May'

May 4th, 2018 11:52 AM

Perhaps feeling the heat over her kind words for accused sexual abuser Charlie Rose, CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King backtracked on Friday and said of the investigation: “Let the chips fall where they may.” On Thursday, King declared she was “sick” of covering the sex allegations against her “friend” and former colleague. 

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NBC Finally Discovers Menendez After Mistrial, CBS Boasts Outcome

November 16th, 2017 10:20 PM
The big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) could finally breathe a sigh of relief on Thursday after the corruption trial against Democratic Senator Bob Menendez ended (at least for now) with a mistrial. Since the trial began 71 days ago, the network evening newscasts did everything in their power not to report it, effectively hiding it from their viewers. But Thursday evening saw all three of…
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CBS to Abortion Provider: Can We ‘Believe’ Pro-Lifers Aren’t Violent?

July 24th, 2017 1:05 PM
CBS This Morning on Monday highlighted an abortion battle in Kentucky and the efforts to close the last remaining clinic. Journalist Anna Werner talked to the clinic’s director and pressed her on whether she really “believes” the assertion by a pro-life group that they are non-violent. A CBS graphic for the segment fretted, “Closing the Last Clinic?” 
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CBS Decries GOP Defunding Planned Parenthood in New Health Care Bill

March 7th, 2017 9:18 PM
On Tuesday, Congressional GOP leaders unveiled their new health care bill that’s supposed to repeal and replace ObamaCare, much to the chagrin of liberals and some conservatives. CBS came out strongly against the proposal and backed up Planned Parenthood in their stand against the bill. “Planned Parenthood is saying no deal to a proposal from President Trump,” announced anchor Scott Pelley during…
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CBS Dredges Up Anita Hill Accusations, Steers Clear of Bill Clinton’s

October 12th, 2016 12:18 AM
In an attempt to demonstrate how pervasive sexual assault was in politics Tuesday, CBS Evening News went back to the 90’s for a heinous example. No, they didn’t cover the plethora of examples swirling around former President Bill Clinton. Instead, they chose one of their favorite conservative punching bags, Justice Clarence Thomas. “While these stories are being shared across social media today,…
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Only CBS Investigates Lib Professor’s Angry Assault on Free Speech

February 18th, 2016 12:01 PM
Only CBS This Morning on Thursday covered the ongoing saga of a liberal University of Missouri professor who called for “muscle” in an attempt to suppress free speech. ABC and NBC have not been interested in the case of Melissa Click and her caught-on-camera rant against a student journalist who filmed her in a public space. CBS’s Anna Werner interviewed the professor and wondered, “Were you…
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Nets Too Busy Hyping Parade to Notice Obama Admin. Defying Court

July 10th, 2015 9:42 PM
On Friday, ABC, CBS, and NBC's evening newscasts all ignored how the Obama administration issued the latest version of its abortifacient/contraception mandate under ObamaCare, which ignores multiple court rulings against it – including the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling in 2014 – and again tries to force religious non-profits to fund drugs that they consider to be immoral. Instead, the Big…