Did CBS News Just Inherit All Of CNN’s Old Problems?
It seems that CBS did not learn from watching the CNN+ public humiliating dumpster fire, but I suppose some people want to learn the hard way.
CBS News is going down the toilet which is sad since it is another network that used to be known as a cornerstone of media.
The network is hardly watched anymore, well at least the news segment.
It’s starting to look like “CBS+” over there, okay, maybe not quite that bad, but you get the picture.
So, what’s happening to CBS News?
Aside from the partisan fake news they spread, they’re also dealing with a “host from hell,” according to insiders.
Apparently, Norah O’Donnell is the real-life “Devil Wears Prada” demon.
Reports claim she’s so impossible to work with that they can’t even get a good producer to oversee the show.
It became so bad that the network slashed her salary by half in hopes that would prompt her to get out of her contract.
Much to their dismay, Norah actually accepted the slashed salary.
Radar Online reported:
News anchor Norah O’Donnell’s salary was reportedly slashed by more than half at CBS Evening News as the struggling news program continues to make a substantial budget and cost cuts, Radar has learned.
According to The Post, CBS News re-signed the 48-year-old news anchor in April for a yearly salary of $3.8 million – which is a remarkably less sum than the $8 million she was previously making to host the evening news program.
But while O’Donnell accepted the new pay package, an insider familiar with the negotiations revealed that CBS executives offered the anchor a “low ball” sum that they “expected [her] to reject” in an effort to replace her on the program as her ratings continue to plummet.
The insider also revealed that the astonishing salary cut came following months of clashes between O’Donnell and CBS News co-president Neeraj Khemlani, who was reportedly looking to replace the anchor in the months leading up to her contract ending in April.
“Wrong again,” a CBS News spokesperson said. “Neeraj led the effort to retain and re-sign about a dozen of our biggest anchors and correspondents over the last year including Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King — and recruited a few new ones like Nate Burleson and Robert Costa.”
“While there are huge prime time openings elsewhere in the News industry, CBS News has the No. 1 news broadcasts and finished the season with multiple shows including morning and evenings in their most competitive position ever,” the spokesperson continued. “Apparently, the more false stories the NY Post writes, the better things go for CBS News.”
RadarOnline.com exclusively reported O’Donnell’s more than 50% pay cut comes in the wake of Khemlani and other executives at CBS News “begrudgingly” giving the anchor their support after she was labeled as “toxic,” the “Queen of Mean” and a “real-life Devil Wears Prada.”
“Norah went crazy after she read the report calling her a ‘news actress,’” an insider said. “By saying nothing, her boss was throwing her under the bus. The only reason they finally reluctantly issued a statement is that Norah lost her mind.”
The ratings are bad for CBS News.
While CBS gets about 5.9 million total viewers, ABC World News Tonight gets 9.4 million and NBC Nightly News gets 8.3 million.
That’s a huge difference.
It looks like fake news peddlers CBS is getting exactly what they deserve… Let’s hope ABC and NBC are next.