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5. CBS is dead to me

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:38 AM

Sunday

I used to watch the CBS evening news and record 60 Minutes each week. No more. They have fallen so far, from the great Walter Cronkite to the wretched Tony “Marco Rubio, I salute you!” Dokoupil.

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Tony Dokoupil 'Starting To Panic' As Ratings Dip Further After Longtime CBS Viewers Allegedly Checked Out [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday OP

who knew kissing Trump ass would be bad for ratings Skittles Sunday #1

I don't think a town hall with JD Vance will help matters! 🤣 Tanuki Sunday #2

E gods... The Lies & Gaslighting will Cha Sunday #3

They should do it on a nice comfortable couch. Swede Sunday #9

Yeah, that's the ticket. tavernier Sunday #15

Well I'm sure that this will boost their ratings! Dread Pirate Roberts Sunday #17

Time to wheel out Mango Mussolini Norbert Sunday #4

CBS is dead to me doubleplusgood Sunday #5

Same here. I used to watch Scott Pelley, Dan Rather, Mike Wallace Ritabert Sunday #8

Block CBS News from any of your news aggregator sites if you have them. NCDem47 Sunday #6

Their CBS affiliate in central PA durablend Sunday #18

Try reporting the facts, Tone. Kid Berwyn Sunday #7

Did he not realize this was the plan? newdeal2 Sunday #10

His patron is sure to lend an ear to his concerns UTUSN Sunday #11

Fire Dokoupil and Weiss SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #12

Don't worry, Tony. PedoKing will make you chairman of Atomic Energy Agency or... hvn_nbr_2 Sunday #13

Too bad; Don't care. Maybe you should have had some principles. I do regret what has happened to 60 minutes hlthe2b Sunday #14

the public face of the endumpification of CBS News eShirl Sunday #16

I guess they could hire Stephen Colbert MagickMuffin Sunday #19