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CBS News?

Well, news by CBS’ own definition must not include truth. They take the bend depending on what it is worth to its organization. 60 Minutes has been the model of fact and news for generations. It has earned its top rating through hard work and discipline. Not anymore. Sad but true.

They have taken millions of dollars from sponsors motivated by political viewpoint. They have cancelled shows will longstanding success and ratings. They have slotted replacement shows without either star power or rating attraction. They are now losing operating profits. Will they go down the slippery slope of bankruptcy? Will they even remain in business?

Hard to know any of that at this early stage. But the sense of justice hopes for that conclusion.

Just because a proliferation of newscasters has weakened news revenues and profits, doesn’t mean truth and fact have to be sacrificed. Just think of the years each broadcaster invested to build what they later became. And now this? This sick, weak dissolution of mission and vision based on facts and the search for truth?

Having been a managing editor of a local paper and living with the fact that social media destroyed local ad revenues, I understand what declining net profit means. It means business models will fail unless a newer model is invented. We couldn’t do it in a small local market, so we closed the paper. We didn’t want to do that, but we couldn’t afford to continue an operation totally reliant on volunteer labor. We were not in it for profits, but still, bills had to be paid.

The same is true for CBS.  Any news broadcaster.

Remaining in the news business, however, requires a reputation for facts and truth. It appears CBS is running out of that as much as its revenues. Just desserts?

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