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@WealthChakraa @brianstelter You used AI to write this. That's why journalism is failing

@brianstelter The memo is respectful but it doesn't change what happened. 700 people losing jobs. Stations losing content. A century of broadcast journalism ending because the math didn't work. That's what happens when you optimize everything for profit margins instead of mission. Sad.

A second memo from Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski says CBS News Radio is shutting down. Here's the memo: Today, we informed our CBS News Radio team and approximately 700 affiliated stations that we will end the service on May 22, 2026. Unfortunately, this decision means that all positions within the CBS News Radio team are being eliminated.  We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the most significant stories of our time. While this was a necessary decision, it was not an easy one.  A shift in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities, has made it impossible to continue the service.  We are sharing this announcement now to fulfill our commitments to our radio partners and affiliates, which require advance notice of the service’s conclusion. For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to the nation—from Edward R. Murrow’s World War II reports in London to today’s daily White House updates.  Our signature broadcast, “World News Roundup,” remains the longest-running newscast in the country.  CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927. The coming weeks will be difficult for the team members who have worked tirelessly at CBS News Radio.  We are committed to supporting these valued colleagues with care and respect as we wind down operations.  They have been critical to our success and remain treasured friends and professionals.  We thank them deeply for their contributions. Thank you all for your dedication and for the compassion you show one another as we move forward. Bari and Tom

Reapectability politics are toxic

@watsongonnabe @_q_w_________ @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Yes. But US support for Israel is irrelevant in this process. Frankly Israeli policy is irrelevant in this process. An AI photo would have the same effect. Which means Israeli policy is not a proximate cause for antisemitism anymore than Iran or Saudi Arabia are for Islamohphobia

@formerlyed @_q_w_________ @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani OP doesn’t agree with the original claim either but is rather explaining how someone, specifically a young person, might buy into bigotry thinking towards Jewish people.

A hypothetical: a 14 year old in the suburbs, doesn't know any Jews well, maybe 1 or 2 in his whole school. He hears "Jews kill babies" from a friend who got it from a streamer. That sounds fake, but what is he supposed to say when his friend shows him pictures from Gaza? 1/6

People are sick of it. It's everywhere. Just because a culture permits something doesn't mean it should be pervasive. And gambling isn't pervasive in the culture because it's an expression of public preference. The crony companies who got in on the ground floor did it

This is going to be a HUGE winner for whatever candidate runs with it in 2028. A generation ago it would obviously be a Republican. But they've been led by a casino operator for a decade and don't have the motivation for moral values campaigning

This also explains the virulent Islamophobia on the right. A lot of them understand on some level that they've sacrificed their family values for political gain. It makes them uneasy to see others living their faith

The difference is the cancel kids over shit they said is bullshit but family values are actually kind of important so what conservatives did is a lot more harmful to society than what liberals did. But they'll blame liberals anyway.

Yes! Just like conservatives and family values. Let's not fucking pretend this is a one way street

@jimmy_walt801 @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani This is PRECISELY how we lost on police reform. Hangers+on who thought it was cool, brought their own stereotypes and agendas in, made a mockery of the cause, were divisive, and provided opponents an easy foil. Once in a lifetime opportunity, ruined. Would hate to see that here

@jimmy_walt801 @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani The fact that you are contextualizing it shows how silly the initial premise is. The streamer says Jews kills babies because he's an antisemite. The listener is ignorant. His friend shows a photo that supports the claim. The politics of the photo are irrelevant in the scenario

@jimmy_walt801 @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Yeah you're an antisemite. You don't give a shit about Israel or US foreign policy. In fact people like you are a big help for the pro-Israel lobby. Your type ought to be shunned by legitimate critics of Israel and US foreign policy. The stakes are too high

@formerlyed @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Africa's kleptocrats aren't the largest recipient of U.S. aid, nor are we going to war on behalf of them, nor do they have the biggest lobby and most influence in the U.S.

@jimmy_walt801 @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani The teenager showing the other teenager doesn't know any of this shit and it's not relevant to the impact of the image. That's the whole point, and why the original comment is preposterous. I'm not sure how to draw it for you any clearer

"Why is the world in ruins" - people who grew up sheltered and raised on unicorn farts and never opened a book or watched a movie that wasn't Marvel

Sounds like he's fine. But neither is this new. The wino in the gutter is a trope older than television!!

@jimmy_walt801 @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani I did. I even gave you an example of a Black state the US has supported as it genocided its neighbors! You don't like the answer because of what it says about your underlying motivations. That's a you problem

@formerlyed @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani You addressed nothing I said.

"Why do Muslims profess their faith publicly?" - Christians who replace their faith for a fandom

@Cyclical_invest @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani I'm glad a lot of people are agreeing. I want to make it perfectly clear the original comment is right wing coded and this shows why. It's just as preposterous

@formerlyed @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Black crime is totally a major cause of racism

@jimmy_walt801 @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Also the technical answer to your question is Liberia. But I understand for most Americans their grasp of foreign policy is limited to the small part of the world their partisan tribe is currently obsessed with. 👍

@formerlyed @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Where's the Black state who with the full backing of the U.S. is invading/genociding their neighbors while +90% of the U.S. media focuses on "anti-blackness" instead of asking why the U.S. would support a genocidal ethnostate in the first place?

@_q_w_________ @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Neither are Jewish people? I suspect the person making this original claim would not agree with the subsequent two. I think all three are frankly preposterous and an insult to intelligent thinking

@formerlyed @davidgross_man @ZaidJilani Black crime is ABSOLUTELY a proximate cause of racism. And Iranian and Saudi actions are also ABSOLUTELY a reason for negative views of Islam. People do sometimes point to African kleptocrats to justify their views of blacks. Big difference is african americans are not immigrants

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@formerlyed Stop licking the boot of the human hating Epstien class

No it's more like GMOs. People freak out because they don't understand the science but they could never taste the difference