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CBS goes to ground over claims it buried anti-Obama stories
NY Post ^ | October 28, 2014 | By Sophia Rosenbaum

Posted on 10/28/2014 6:51:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CBS honchos stuck their heads in the sand Monday rather than address a former veteran reporter’s memoir that revealed how the network routinely canned stories it perceived as anti-Obama.

Everyone from network CEO Les Moonves to “Evening News’’ anchor Scott Pelley to former “Evening News’’ Executive Producer Patricia Shevlin ignored repeated phone calls and e-mails from The Post seeking comment on the bombshell claim by ex-CBS investigative ace Sharyl Attkisson.

A secretary for David Rhodes, president of CBS News, immediately volleyed a Post reporter’s phone call to company spokeswoman Sonya McNail. Before the reporter could even ask a question, McNair curtly said, “We decline to comment. Thank you. Bye.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attkisson; cbs; journalism; media
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Our media is so, badly biased. It is absurd.

They are beyond biased. They are on Obama’s team.

Our media sold out, completely. They are not longer credible.


2 posted on 10/28/2014 6:53:12 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

To me it appeared that the MSM transitioned from “very liberal” to “active functionaries of the regime” when Obama appeared on the scene.


3 posted on 10/28/2014 6:55:21 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But they’re not at all biased or lap dog government workers.

See-BS.


4 posted on 10/28/2014 6:55:25 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nothing new. They have been doing it for decades.


6 posted on 10/28/2014 6:56:07 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

90% of our news comes from UK media these days.


7 posted on 10/28/2014 6:56:13 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: nascarnation

Their primary source of news comes from emails (by private email accounts, of course) from the WHITE HOUSE.


8 posted on 10/28/2014 6:56:23 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Remember, this is the network that manufactured a fake National Guard memo in order to influence a presidential election.


9 posted on 10/28/2014 6:57:53 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
anchor Scott Pelley...

Scott Pelley always gave me the creeps the few times I watched him. The 'don't trust this guy' creeps.

10 posted on 10/28/2014 6:59:09 AM PDT by Will88
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To me it appeared that the MSM transitioned from “very liberal” to “active functionaries of the regime” when Obama appeared on the scene.

I put it at the end of the 2nd year of Clinton's first term. They had worked themselves into a pack frenzy during those first two years where Clinton's team was showing what sophomoric, puerile incompetents they were. The press suddenly caught themselves, realizing that they were doing actual damage to the face of the Gramscian project. They have exercised marvelous party discipline ever since.

11 posted on 10/28/2014 7:01:54 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hummm... I wonder if David Rhodes, president of CBS News, has any ties to the Obama Administration?

/s

12 posted on 10/28/2014 7:02:03 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She C’s

They BS.

Seems accurate.


13 posted on 10/28/2014 7:03:05 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (I'd use the /S tag but is it really necessary?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Isn’t 60 mins an hour? Does anybody still watch that drivel?

Pray America is waking


14 posted on 10/28/2014 7:07:40 AM PDT by bray (Read: Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; ...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

15 posted on 10/28/2014 7:08:15 AM PDT by null and void (And I think Kevin Bacon is doomed.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Quote: “Our media sold out, completely. They are not longer credible.”

They are the propaganda wing of the leftist movement in this country. They have two branches, the department of “information” and the department of “culture.”

The department of information masks itself as news organizations. Its methods used to be biased reporting of everyday news but it has graduated to misinformation and, even worse, censorship. The department of culture is based in Hollywood and bombards the people of this country (the uneducated in particular) with their version of “how it should be” and shames those who disagree with them much as the “in crowd” in high school shamed the “nerds.” This department’s weapon is entertainment in the form of movies and television shows, music, art, etc.

The propaganda arm of the leftist movement exercises as much, if not more, power than the elected branch. Yet, we know so little about them. We only know a tenth about them that they demand to know about those who dare not tow their leftist line.


16 posted on 10/28/2014 7:08:37 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Walter Cronkite, “The Most Trusted Man in America”, was a committed Leftist.


17 posted on 10/28/2014 7:10:08 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nepotism should be outlawed period.


18 posted on 10/28/2014 7:12:55 AM PDT by FES0844
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19 posted on 10/28/2014 7:13:15 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
I would love to see a price tag affixed to all the network campaigning that's been and is being done, I'm sure it would violate some FEC rules.
20 posted on 10/28/2014 7:15:11 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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