[Popman]

Too bad major corporate sponsors are not pulling or downsizing their advertising on CBS in protest.

What are you putting in your coffee this morning?

I'd like some if it can make me believe corporations are going to protest the excuse for a news organization called CBS news.

Corporations don't protest based on a political agenda. They make decisions by where they spend their money, getting the best ROI, not what political agenda they favor.

As CBS slides into the tank, if they do, dollars will flow elswhere

[MinuteGal]

I drink my coffee unleaded, LOL. Your point is exactly my point, I just didn't go far enough. Most large corporations operate on bottom line numbers, but they used to throw a little ethical considerations in once in a while. Not much of that today, amorality and cowardice being more the norm.

Being a realist, the ratings of CBS are slipping, but with the continued influx of advertising dollars no matter what CBS's ethics are, the network will survive without much damage. The bottom-line-type corporations will continue to prop up CBS.

While we Freepers know every jot and tittle about Rathergate, the average viewer knows little or nada, or doesn't care one way or the other. The long-time, hard-core CBS viewers will continue to view.

Therefore, in my opinion, CBS will continue operations and may even thrive once again if they hire younger and more personable TV faces. I think Rather has paralyzed and suffocated CBS operations for years and he was allowed to get away with this. I believe the CBS heads know this, and he won't be hanging around for long.

He'll come down with sudden prostate, or something.

Leni