CBS Axes Jeff Glor, Climate Reporter Ben Tracy, Two Others in Layoffs

Curtis Houck
September 25th, 2024 4:06 PM

Late Tuesday, word broke via Puck’s Dylan Byers that CBS Saturday Morning co-host, former CBS Evening News anchor, and longtime network mainstay Jeff Glor was being laid off as part of cost-cutting measures by parent company Paramount that aims to trim roughly 15 percent of its U.S. workforce. Along with Glor, Deadline and others have shared that other on-air cuts include…

 
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CBS Hypes Christian Activists Spreading Fossil Fuel Abolition 'Gospel'

Alex Christy
September 30th, 2023 12:23 PM

CBS Saturday Morning correspondent Adam Yamaguchi took the idea that climate activism is a religion literally when he hyped activist and 2021 college graduate Elsa Barron’s efforts to “help spread the gospel” to the unconverted Evangelicals who are not onboard with the abolition of fossil fuels.

 
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CBS Shows Photos From Fired Teacher, 'School Libraries Look Like This'

Alex Christy
February 18th, 2023 1:45 PM

The cast of CBS Saturday Morning spread some misinformation about the state of education in Florida when correspondent Cristian Benavides claimed that “classrooms and school libraries look like this” while showing a photo from a substitute teacher that was fired on Wednesday for spreading misinformation.

 

ABC, CBS Hype Pro-Abortion Rallies Amid SCOTUS Leak

Alex Christy
May 14th, 2022 11:34 AM

When the March for Life takes place every year, it is a time for media to lament attacks on “abortion rights.” When pro-abortion people take to streets, it is a great time for Saturday’s Good Morning America on ABC and CBS Saturday Morning to lament attacks on abortion rights.

 
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Nets Gush Over 'History,' Only CBS Acknowledges Criticisms of Jackson

Alex Christy
April 9th, 2022 11:41 AM

ABC, NBC, and CBS all gushed over the “history” making Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson on their respective Saturday morning programs. Of the three, only CBS put in minimal effort to show substantive criticisms of Jackson existed.

 
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Flashback: The Media LOVE Using Bob Woodward to Bash GOP Presidents

Geoffrey Dickens
September 14th, 2020 9:44 AM

A Bob Woodward book with so-called embarrassing details about a Republican president is like catnip for the DC/NY media crowd. Even before its official release, liberal hosts and reporters were lapping up the leaks from Rage.

 
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CNN’s App LIES TO YOU: Claims ‘Recovery Takes a Massive Hit’

Scott Whitlock
August 7th, 2020 11:43 AM

Many Americans, including younger people, get their news from phone apps. And if you think the bias of CNN is limited to the network, you’d be wrong. On Friday, strong July economic numbers came out with unemployment falling from 11.1 percent to 10.2 percent and 1.7 million new jobs have been created. All of this beat expectations. But you wouldn’t know that if you looked at the CNN news alert…

 

Imploding: Ratings for CBS News Anchor Norah O’Donnell Are Tanking

Randy Hall
October 23rd, 2019 11:13 AM
It’s been a long time since the executives at CBS News have had something to cheer about in the ratings, and that trend continues despite the replacement of the previous Evening News anchor Jeff Glor with female host Norah O’Donnell. In addition, the network is paying O’Donnell at least $7 million per year, much more than the $2 million Glor received during the 18 months he sat in the anchor…
 

New ‘CBS Evening News’ Anchor Hemorrhaged Viewers for First 7 Weeks!

Nicholas Fondacaro
September 3rd, 2019 11:14 PM
Things are not at all well on CBS Evening News, the flagship evening program for the third-place broadcast network. After making the major transition from CBS This Morning anchor Norah O’Donnell has been floundering in the rating fight with ABC and NBC by hemorrhaging viewers for the first six weeks, according to the Nielsen ratings.
 
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Nets Yawn as Joe Biden’s Gaffes Pile Up: ‘I’m Not Going Nuts’

Scott Whitlock
August 27th, 2019 4:39 PM
Over the last few days, Joe Biden has unleashed a series of gaffes, some bewildering, some amusing, some just odd. On Friday he informed a crowd, “I’m not going nuts.” But journalists on the network and evening newscasts have shown little interest in discussing them or asking what they might see. On Friday, Joe Biden speculated about Barack Obama’s theoretical assassination. 
 

Norah O’Donnell Claims Journalism, Civility, Trust ‘Under Attack’

Randy Hall
May 9th, 2019 10:19 PM
Instead of continuing to stay the course and attempt to resemble balance in a newscast, CBS News has decided that, with a change in anchor, they'll be going further leftward in moving longtime CBS This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell to the position of CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor to replace Jeff Glor (who announced his final show will be Friday).
 
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CBS, NBC Whine About Trump Giving Tiger Woods Presidential Award

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 6th, 2019 10:31 PM
In a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden Monday, President Trump awarded golf star Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to the sport and his historic career. But members of the liberal media groaned because the two men had been friends for years. NBC Nightly News went so far as to have one of their analysts claim Trump had cheapened the award.
 
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Liberal Norah O’Donnell Is Taking Over CBS Evening News

Scott Whitlock
May 6th, 2019 11:20 AM
It became official on Monday as Norah O’Donnell has been announced the new anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. Discussing it on CBS This Morning,  a clearly excited O’Donnell enthused, “This is a great moment... It’s the moment we've all been waiting for.” Fellow This Morning co-host Gayle King clearly saw the decision to dump current Evening News anchor as one about ratings. She…
 
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ABC, CBS Excited By Speaker Pelosi Calling AG Barr a Criminal

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 2nd, 2019 9:09 PM
After his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, congressional Democrats and the liberal media were in sync as they accused Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress. During Thursday’s evening newscasts, ABC and CBS seemed excited by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) standing before the press and calling Barr a criminal.