I wonder how a conservative news show would fly? On one of the non-cable stations, I mean.
I think it would be very popular, but media, like newspapers, seems to be blind to their continuing demise and determined to plod on ... on the road to irrelevancy.
I think it would be very popular, but media, like newspapers, seems to be blind to their continuing demise and determined to plod on ... on the road to irrelevancy.
I don't know. There will come a time, sooner rather than later I think, when CBS will pull the plug on the perky one. At that point they'll need to go in a different direction to differentiate themselves from ABC and NBC. Turning to a more conservative voice might just be the ticket. Like Murdoch they're in business and they will betray any ideology they may hold if it means a better bottom line.
The other possibility, however, is that they just cut their losses and drop the evening news show altogether or turn it over to someone else. They have proposed a partnership with CNN to do just exactly that in the past but it didn't quite work out. They do have deals for talent, such as Anderson Cooper doing bits for CBS 60 Minutes.