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0 pointsaaronem10y ago0 comments

Have you seen CBS's [1] and the Daily Mail's [2] hit pieces on him? Of the latter such flagrant nonsense is to be expected, but one generally doesn't expect to see CBS descend to the same level.

[1] http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/12/18/cbs-news-maine-nat... [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3367044/Maine-colleg...

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razster10y ago

I've pretty much assumed all large news corps are the same. Pointless to even read them anymore - finding reliable news is getting harder.

Bud10y ago

That wasn't from CBS, it was from a local TV station, which is quite different.

aaronemOP10y ago

It says "CBS News" at the front of the headline. If they aren't inclined to make the distinction, I don't see why they deserve the benefit of the doubt from me.

maxerickson10y ago

That's crediting this story as a source:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-given-email-account-infor...

If the same article were published on Abc.com, putting a credit in the headline would be similarly useful, and it would obviously be ridiculous to say that CBS was then responsible for the content of the article under the headline (in this case, it seems that CBS Radio is responsible for the content though)

aaronemOP10y ago

And? KCBS isn't an affiliate; it's owned and operated by the network. The difference in domain name is purely cosmetic; if CBS corporate weren't OK with the content of the story, the story would no longer be online, if indeed it had ever been published at all.

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razster10y ago

I've pretty much assumed all large news corps are the same. Pointless to even read them anymore - finding reliable news is getting harder.

Bud10y ago

That wasn't from CBS, it was from a local TV station, which is quite different.

aaronemOP10y ago

It says "CBS News" at the front of the headline. If they aren't inclined to make the distinction, I don't see why they deserve the benefit of the doubt from me.

maxerickson10y ago

That's crediting this story as a source:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-given-email-account-infor...

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