Claire Malone

But, you know, you also have to think about— But it's point of view, not opinions.

And they're really playing with that form.

Yeah.

That's not a relevant comparison somehow.

It's interesting because de Koeppel in his sort of promos for the show said, we've listened too much to experts, to elitists, and not enough to you.

And so it's this, you know, anti-woke, anti-elitist sentiment that I think, you know, she's sort of grafting on to the very traditional format of the evening news.

And how is that going to go?

You know, because at the end of the day, yes, you want to get younger audiences, but your broadcast audience, even though TV is a sort of dying sector, your broadcast audience is very traditional.

I don't know.

They might not love it, right?

And you can also risk alienating, you know, the people who brought you to the party.

Yeah.

I'm wise enough to know that I shouldn't make predictions about that.

She seems to have the ear and trust of David Ellison.

And I think it's also important to remember that CBS News is but a speck in the broader media holdings of the Ellison family.

No, they did not.

No, they did not.

And so, sure, I think it's very plausible that she'll still be running CBS News in two years.

Thanks, David.

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