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New CBS Head Must Beat Boredom & Bias, Analysts Say
CnsNews ^ | November 1, 2005 | Randy Hall

Posted on 11/01/2005 6:33:04 AM PST by Cindy_Cin

The new president of CBS News wants to revive the network's news operation, but according to some analysts, he must first overcome two major obstacles: boredom and bias.

Shawn McManus, head of CBS Sports since 1996, was named president of CBS News on Oct. 28 by Les Moonves, the head of parent company Viacom, and instructed to "break the mold in news."

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: leftistbias; leftistlies; mediabias; medialies
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1 posted on 11/01/2005 6:33:05 AM PST by Cindy_Cin
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To: Cindy_Cin

geez this is bad- when going back to 'old fashioned' unbiased reporting of news (as opposed to fabricating news) is considered to be earth-shattering news that shakes them up so.


2 posted on 11/01/2005 6:34:46 AM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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To: Cindy_Cin

He can break the mold, break convention, break any damn thing he wants.....I quit watching CBS (EVERY program) when Blather lied about the Guard story and the executives white-washed their 'investigation.'


3 posted on 11/01/2005 6:34:55 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Cindy_Cin

Then quit telling lies and making up stuff if you want to get ahead of the others. Also, Get rid of Damn Blather.


4 posted on 11/01/2005 6:37:08 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: Gaffer

Fake but Accurate.


5 posted on 11/01/2005 6:37:32 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Cindy_Cin
CBS executives deny they have any political bias

ROFLMAO

6 posted on 11/01/2005 6:37:56 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Cindy_Cin

I don't watch anything on CBS....very untrustworthy.


7 posted on 11/01/2005 6:37:57 AM PST by Arpege92 ("I am happy, be it yourselves." - Pope John Paul II)
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To: Baynative

I remember that, but wasn't CNN also involved in that?


9 posted on 11/01/2005 6:39:14 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Cindy_Cin

yeah, the leftie-news-bias has gotten a bit moldy.


10 posted on 11/01/2005 6:40:15 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Mr. K

They have a long way back to get to unbiased reporting. Walter Cronkite and the near dead crew at 6o minutes lead the way in bias. Now Mike Wallace is touting his book and crowing about all of his "Gotcha" years.


11 posted on 11/01/2005 6:41:56 AM PST by billhilly (If you're lurking here from DU (Democrats unglued), I trust this post will make you sick.)
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To: Cindy_Cin
Is this the face of the "new CBS News"?

DRUDGE - CBS REPORTER TO WHITE HOUSE: ALITO '***** SECONDS?' ^

If not fire his *ss.

12 posted on 11/01/2005 6:42:40 AM PST by McGruff (2 years and millions of dollars and all you can indict is a cripple named Scooter?)
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To: ncountylee

CBS executives deny they have any political bias...
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Yes, and the world is flat...when will the LIES stop?


13 posted on 11/01/2005 6:42:46 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Cindy_Cin
"... break the mold in news."

Mold is right! CBS can be fairly described as mold in news.

All we need is the CBS eye in the above picture.

14 posted on 11/01/2005 6:43:13 AM PST by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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15 posted on 11/01/2005 6:43:22 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: Baynative

UnFreakingBelievable!


17 posted on 11/01/2005 6:51:53 AM PST by Arpege92 ("I am happy, be it yourselves." - Pope John Paul II)
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To: Cindy_Cin

The email I received in response to my objection to the use of "sloppy seconds" to describe Alito:

Thank you for writing to CBS regarding the October 31st morning White House press briefing. John Roberts has issued an apology for his language at that briefing:

"At the morning White House gaggle, I used an unfortunate choice of words in a question to Scott McClellan. Please be assured that there was no pejorative intent to my question. I was merely attempting to reconcile past statements about Harriet Miers with the President's new nominee for the Supreme Court.

The early morning White House gaggle is an informal, free-wheeling and often irreverent forum, which is not broadcast and generally not publicly available.

Obviously, my tone this morning was a little too casual.

As we all experience from time to time, it was one of those 'oops' moments which we wish we could rewind and re-record.

I apologize to anyone who took offense to my poor choice of words. I can assure you I meant none."

CBS has posted additional details on our Public Eye website. You can visit this Public Eye entry at:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2005/10/31/publiceye/entry997460.shtml

In the meantime, please be assured that the comments you have expressed will be shared with the senior executives at CBS News.

Cordially,

Ray Faiola
Director,
CBS Audience Services


18 posted on 11/01/2005 6:52:18 AM PST by rhombus
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To: Cindy_Cin

Has anyone noticed that the name of the president of CBS News is an acronym for what CBS needs to improve its credibility?

President of CBS News: Leslie Moonves
What CBS News needs: Less Move-on lie


20 posted on 11/01/2005 6:57:23 AM PST by VRWCmember (hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
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