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This Is What Institutional Capture Looks Like

CBS News just appointed a Trump donor as its bias monitor, fulfilling a promise made to secure merger approval. The network of Murrow and Cronkite is officially dead.

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Parker Molloy
Sep 09, 2025
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CBS News just appointed its first-ever ombudsman, a position the network created as part of its merger with Skydance to address “complaints of bias.”

The job went to Kenneth Weinstein, and if that name doesn't ring a bell, here's what you need to know: he's the former head of a conservative think tank who donated $20,000 to Trump's reelection campaign l…

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