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Shari Redstone wants more conservatives on CBS, slams Israel coverage

2024-10-17

[NYPOST] Media heiress Shari Redstone, the controlling stakeholder in CBS News parent Paramount Global, reportedly fumed to network executives over its left-leaning lurch in its coverage of Israel and lobbied for them to hire more conservative voices.

Redstone sent clips from other outlets to CBS higher-ups as examples of what she felt was more balanced coverage of Israel's battle against Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
terrorists, according to current and former network executives cited by Wall Street Journal.

She was particularly upset with a ''Face the Nation'' broadcast last spring in which the show was critical of Israel after seven aid workers were killed during a strike on Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, the Journal reported.

Her reported fury comes after she called out CBS News President Wendy McMahon last week over her sanctioned dressing down of morning show anchor Tony Dokoupil for grilling author Ta-Nehisi Coates about his strong criticism of Israel in his latest book.

Redstone — the 70-year-old daughter of late media mogul Sumner Redstone — called Dokoupil to praise him for the tough interview and had dinner with the anchor earlier this week, the Journal reported.

The Post has sought comment from Paramount and CBS.

Aside from the Dokoupil dust-up, the Tiffany Network has been embroiled in multiple firestorms that have raised questions about the journalistic integrity at the former home of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite.

Last week, the network came under fire for allegedly editing a ''60 Minutes'' interview with Vice President Kamala Harris
It is time for us to do what we have been doing. And that time is every day
that whittled down a ''word salad'' answer to supposedly make it more coherent.

On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson ripped CBS News for trimming down his Sunday interview on ''Face the Nation,'' charging it was part of a pattern of undermining conservatives.

Republicans were also upset with CBS moderators who sparred with Republican Sen. JD Vance during the vice presidential debate against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

...Kamala's smarmy-looking running mate, governor of Minnesota, who decided to retired rather than to deploy with his National Guard unit, then claimed to have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. One man's socialism is another man's neighborliness....
earlier this month.

CBS News also recently instructed its staffers not to refer to Jerusalem as being part of Israel, according to a report in The Free Press.

Redstone — who sold her controlling stake in Paramount to Skydance Media in a deal that is expected to close next year — had reportedly pushed for more conservative voices on the network to balance what she felt was a liberal tilt.

Posted by:Fred

#2 She was right if she felt CBS has a liberal bias. It's more like all the folks at CBS hate America. The question is: Why didn't Redstone do anything about it?

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-10-17 14:37

#1 Would it be cheaper to out source the 'news' division to Newsmax?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-10-17 10:16

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