The former “Late Show” host ripped the leadership at his old network’s news division.
David Letterman isn’t having it with the gaggle of “idiots” now running the news division of his old TV home at CBS.
Letterman, in a clip shared to his YouTube page on Friday, declared that CBS News is a “wreck” amid its recent rightward shift under parent company Paramount CEO (and Trump ally) David Ellison, as well as Bari Weiss, the conservative journalist picked to serve as the news division’s editor-in-chief.
Letterman pointed to the history of CBS News, particularly legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow’s broadcasts from London during the height of the Blitz in World War II.
“It was that mentality that drove the integrity of CBS News that has been trampled on, pissed on and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over,” Letterman said.
Under its new leadership, CBS News has faced backlash for yanking a “60 Minutes” segment critical of the Trump administration and whittling the 38-page handbook of principles at “CBS Evening News” down to “five simple values” that guide the program. One of those values is a “love” for America.
Fucking hell
Tony Dokoupil, in his first week as permanent anchor of “CBS Evening News,” got off to a rocky start before he faced criticism for fawning over Secretary of State Marco Rubio and “both-sidesing” the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack.
Christ. What a goddamned shitshow.
Based on headline alone, could have bet this was a huffpo. Their editors are trash and have yet to realize these types of title “slamming” has lost favor with readers
It’s actual newspeak
