Oliver Darcy
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It seems like the both-sides-ism is occurring on CBS Evening News right now.
I mean, it's only been a few days, but it seems to be occurring when it's an issue that the president...
uh, doesn't like, right.
And then they have his, his point of view included in there.
But when it's a pro Donald Trump point of view, it seems like it's okay to have one side.
Uh, you know, there's only one side, apparently the Rubio issue.
Um, anyway, I, I, I just, I don't see how, uh,
This is acceptable.
I don't think the CBS News Standards and Practices Division has much power, to be honest.
These days, Don, you remember that the head of CBS News Standards Department actually quit over Barry Weiss last year.
So that department doesn't have much power.
Barry Weiss is really in charge here.
And this is a reflection, I think, of where she wants the news division to go.
This is a reflection of what David Ellison wants.
And this is ultimately a reflection of what Donald Trump wants, because
this is all in service of him to play to his ego so that he approves deals that David Ellison has before, before Washington.
I watched it.
It felt to me like one of those cops ride-alongs where you're in bed with the police officers and they go do a sting operation.
And they're basically portrayed as the good guys and the people that they're getting are the bad guys.
And I think that's just an oversimplified way to cover what ICE is doing in this country, which is obviously...