The news media thread

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Here is a news story from CBS News about a CBS News contributor becoming a CBS News correspondent. Now ain't that just a little bit self-serving, CBS?

Ed O'Keefe joins CBS News as political correspondent
CBS News, Mar 8 2018 10:40 AM

Ed O'Keefe is joining CBS News as a political correspondent based in Washington, DC. He will report for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms effective Sunday, April 15. O'Keefe has reported on congressional and presidential politics for The Washington Post since 2008. He joined CBS News as a contributor in 2017.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ed-okee...correspondent/

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Fox News, of course, is Donald Trump's favorite channel because they never say anything bad about Trump and they never say anything good about Democrats.

Parents of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich sue Fox News over story claiming he leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks during 2016 Presidential campaign

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seth-ric...ue-over-story/

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CBS has the streaming news channel CBSN. Fox recently announced plans for an online channel. Now NBC is joining the battle, hoping to attract younger viewers.

NBC plans online news channel

http://www.latimes.com/business/Holl...314-story.html

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Peters should have realized two years ago that Fox News is a "propaganda machine" for Trump. Their anchors and reporters seldom say anything bad about Trump, and Sean Hannity has always been Trump's number-one cheerleader.

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters says he's 'ashamed' of Fox News and leaves his role as analyst
Los Angeles Times, Mar 20 2018 4:20 PM

Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, a longtime analyst for Fox News, told colleagues he is done with the network which he says has become "a propaganda machine" for President Trump. Peters said in an email he chose not to renew his contract as a paid contributor with Fox News on March 1 because he was "ashamed" of the network. He said the 21st Century Fox-owned cable channel has gone from being a valuable conservative voice to "assaulting our constitutional order and the rule of law while fostering corrosive and unjustified paranoia among viewers."

http://www.latimes.com/business/holl...320-story.html

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Once again, CBS News gets an exclusive story about CBS News:

CBS News, BBC News open first joint bureau in Johannesburg

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...-johannesburg/

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I like this sarcastic post made today by Chicago news media blogger Robert Federer -- a man after my own heart.

"Too bad the Sun-Times had to mar the rollout of its redesigned newspaper and website Wednesday. In a letter to readers explaining the makeover, the Sun-Times took a gratuitous shot at the Chicago Tribune for recent layoffs in its newsroom. 'Our competitors just laid off their lone reporter in the nation’s capital, as well as their White Sox and Blackhawks beat writers,' the paper gloated. 'Meanwhile, here at the Chicago Sun-Times we keep giving you trusted voices on those beats.' Hey, it’s not as if the struggling tabloid hasn’t laid off scores of journalists. People in glass houses?"

http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/03/2...arks-spot-b96/

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Six advertisers have pulled out and more will follow. These pro-gun conservative commentators need to understand that these kids are sick of all the gun violence and the refusal of Congress to take a!ction. They are not going away. They will soon be old enough to vote and run for public office.

Advertisers ditch Fox News' Laura Ingraham after she mocks Parkland survivor and gun-control activist David Hogg

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...kland-activist

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"Six advertisers have pulled out and more will follow," I wrote above. The total is now 11 -- and right-wingers are starting a boycott of the companies that are boycotting Ingraham's program. And the beat goes on.

11 advertisers drop Laura Ingraham while fans launch #IStandWithLaura

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-i...laura-hashtag/

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Laura Ingraham's mocking of a Parkland shooting survivor and gun control advocate has now cost her 15 advertisers. She's on vacation this week but the vacation was planned long before she made her nasty comments. How convenient!

Advertisers bail as Laura Ingraham goes on vacation

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-i...s-on-vacation/

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The Redstones own 10.3% of CBS but hold almost 80% of the votes. The Redstones favor a CBS-Viacom merger. CEO Les Moonves is opposed. Moonves says he'll resign unless CBS takes away the Redstones' voting rights. If he resigns, he'll get a $180,000,000 payout. The Redstones say they have control over that payout. What a gripping television series all this drama would make!

Shari Redstone sues CBS, taking aim at Chairman/CEO Leslie Moonves

http://www.latimes.com/business/holl...529-story.html