Comment Re: Fine (Score 0) 130
CBS/Paramount cancelled Colbert as part of the $16M 60 minutes interview settlement. Colbert is well known for his opinions and you can bet as part of the settlement (which remains sealed) is "Fire Colbert". Now Trump wants "Bias Monitors" to watch CBS for any "biased reporting".
Wow, maybe step out of the echo chamber occasionally?
It's amazing you think the government wrote down (in the sealed settlement) that CBS/Paramount had to cancel Colbert. First, not even you can imagine that Team Trump is that stupid to write it down, but putting that aside, please explain the 9 months notice CBS/Paramount is giving Colbert? Please explain why CBS/Paramount, absent Trump Administration influence would keep a money-losing show like that on the air - it takes 200 people to put that show on? Really? Finally, it may be time to simply acknowledge that when a news organization, entrusted with one of the very few in-person interviews with a leading political candidate decides to "clean up" the candidate's responses, to the point of substituting original answers with others, maybe that news organization crossed the line and did something wrong, morally at least, if not legally. CBS/Paramount could easily fought the lawsuit and defended their actions, but when exposed to the light, it quickly became obvious they had a serious problem and settled.
CBS/Paramount wanted to be sold, and the buyer wanted a value for their money, and buying a network with a history of fraudulent reporting (George bush Air Force National guard memo? Edited Harris interview, etc) and no commitment to change is a less-desirable property for the buyers.
Have you noticed any networks lining up to steal away the 200 person enterprise that puts on the Colbert show? I think CBS should release the entire production company and talent from any contracts and non-compete agreements and let them take their show to another network... Colbert will quickly learn why his show was cancelled.