"It turns out that there isn’t a ratings bump for MAGA capitulation. ...
Status’ Oliver Darcy got ahold of some CBS News ratings data from the first quarter of 2026, and it is brutal. CBS Evening News has lost 7% of viewers year-over-year, placing it 'on track for its lowest-rated first quarter of the 21st century in both total viewers'" (continued in /2)
~ Matt Gertz
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump #MAGA
/1
(continued from /1)
"'and the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic,' while CBS Mornings plummeted 13% and 'is pacing toward its lowest-rated quarter on record in both total audience and the key demo.' Meanwhile, the audiences of competitor shows at ABC News and NBC News grew over the same period."
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump #MAGA
/2
"The ratings collapse is a devastating indictment of the strategy Ellison and Weiss are executing at CBS — and a blaring warning for CNN if Ellison is able to complete his takeover of that network and let Weiss run the same playbook there."
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump #MAGA
/3
"The story of CBS and the Washington Post over the last two years is a cautionary tale about right-wing branding. The country does not have some huge untapped well of underserved rabid fascists; Trump’s narrow 2024 victory did not herald a massive cultural shift for all time. Oligarchs and their minions who ignore that truth are going to lose (a lot) of money and (even more) status."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump
/4
https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/bari-weiss-is-a-losing-loser-who
"And yes, billionaires hate to lose money and status. Not enough to admit they’re wrong, perhaps. But enough to take it out on people like Bari Weiss."
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump
/5
"A recent report from the Alliance for Audited Media found that WaPo’s circulation decreased by 21 percent, while the LA Times’s is down by 19.8 percent. At the same time, Status’s Oliver Darcy reports that every news show over at CBS, recently purchased by David Ellison — the son of Trump’s billionaire buddy Larry Ellison — is also tanking in the ratings."
~ Robyn Pennacchia
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump
/6
https://www.wonkette.com/p/kissing-trumps-ass-actually-not-going
"The idea that what those people 'really' want is slightly right-leaning but mostly normal news is absurd. Almost more absurd than the idea that these people 'lost trust' in the media due to inaccuracies or actual bias."
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump
/7
"Or that those people ever wanted 'free speech' for all beyond just wanting it to be socially acceptable to use racial slurs or were upset about 'cancel culture' for ethical and philosophical reasons beyond just wanting to be the ones who canceled people themselves."
#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump
/8
"Bari Weiss is ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for Pete Hegseth. Not even Fox or Newsmax have had the defense secretary on."
~ Justin Baragona
Fund a Fascist and Find Out
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/larry-ellison-trump-propagandist-yacht_n_69c40493e4b0e447525b7c64
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/trump-forms-technology-council-ai-policy/
https://deadline.com/2026/03/trump-larry-ellison-mark-zuckerberg-tech-advisory-council-1236765723/
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