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Takket

(23,482 posts)
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 06:19 PM Dec 14

The layers of right wing propaganda

You know I've been thinking a lot about Bari Weiss and her goal of turning CBS into a right wing propaganda machine, and how insidious I think what they are doing is.

There are so many layers of right wing propaganda now, from frothing insanity (your Info Wars stuff), to right wing outright lies (your Newsmax type stuff), to your misinformation (Fox News) and now CBS..........

I don't think they want to make CBS into a "newsmax" or even a "Fox news". I think the right wing wants a way to reach everyone with their lies and they know most people are turning CBS off if they go "Newsmax" with their coverage, so they are trying to be much more insidious about their coverage on CBS. Lay on the right wing bs but not so strong, so that they can convince your "moderate" voter that this is "real news". In other words, they don't need another Newsmax, they already have that! What they need is "Newsmax light" to help them brainwash even more people.

Then again when I see Erika Kirk smeared all over every CBS article, I wonder if I'm giving them too much credit, and they really DO intend to go full Newsmax!

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kimbutgar

(26,812 posts)
2. I used to watch CBS evening news when the ABC news was not on but I'll just skip the CBS evening news
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 06:26 PM
Dec 14

NBC is so boring and vanilla with fillers and no real reporting.

Probatim

(3,222 posts)
3. Conservatives in the US are following Russia and Hungary.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:45 PM
Dec 14

Using their money and connections to buy media and transform it to fit their needs. Sooner than later, all major news networks will be equal to Fox.

Intractable

(1,650 posts)
4. It's obvious CBS is not concerned about ratings and profits. They just want another outlet to get out their message ...
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:19 PM
Dec 14

... Democrats/liberals are bad, progressive policies are bad.

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