CBS News is convulsing as Larry Ellison tries to please Trump | Margaret Sullivan

CBS News is convulsing as Larry Ellison tries to please Trump | Margaret Sullivan

Recent incidents involving Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert suggest things are not well at the network after the acquisition financed by Trump supporter Larry Ellison Anderson Cooper decides to walk away from broadcast TV’s most prestigious news show, 60 Minutes. Stephen Colbert takes his interview with a rising Democratic politician to YouTube instead of his own late-night show. The CBS Evening News anchor presents a misleading version of the network’s own exclusive reporting on Ice arres...

By Margaret Sullivan