Fin de siecle CBS News is not a happy place, at least according to this headline - 90 CBS News employees cut, Couric keeps $14 million salary. Also ponder this quote from a disgruntled CBS employee,
“She makes enough to pay 200 news reporters $75,000 a year!" demands a veteran producer. "It's complete insanity."
Meanwhile, showing all the tact and sensitivity of Marie Antoinette, Katie Couric “frolics in Haute Couture and diamonds” (according to the Drudge Report headline) in this over-the-top Harper’s Bazaar video shoot.
Considering
that Fox News generates more profit than CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, NBC News and CBS
News combined, it can only be a matter of time before one of the broadcast news
services (as opposed to cable) switches over to a conservative format. My
guessing is that one of them would have done it by now except that they are
afraid of US government retribution while Obama inhabits the White House.
However if the Republicans take Congress in 2010 and it becomes clear that
President Obama is a lame duck, look for a dramatic switch sometime in 2011. The
one to look for? My guess, CBS. They’ve go the lowest ratings, and they can
save about $13.5 million on the newsreaders salary right off the top.
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