This is what happens when you use un-truths and deception to reach your goal.
It would have been better for them if they had never brought it up in the first place.
Doesn't matter if the MSM runs the story. Everybody knows, you get the real news online. You don't have to accept one point of view, you can shop around and compare....see what makes sense.
The "entertainment networks" (ABC, CBS, NBC) will have to bow out of their money-losing news operations. It won't happen soon, but the erosion is already showing and, at some point, the bean counters are going to have to start raising red flags.
It can't happen soon enough. Maybe just run 15 mins of weather and 15 mins of sports. Might improve their moribund ratings.
You're on target, Capt! I've been saying the same thing since CBS News pulled that boner regarding that "fake but accurate" nonsense at the height of the 2004 election, and particularly since Fox News Channel has beaten even the big three in ratings for things like the presidential debates, state of the union, and the like -- that the Big Three will eventually abandon their news divisions because their ratings continue to tank and eventually they can use that broadcast time for more profitable programming.