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Demo-lition Project – CBS NEWS

If the segment was so vital, why did no one tune in?

On Sunday, CBS included the contested news segment on the El Salvador prison that Bari Weiss had been accused of "killing." As she had initially announced, the piece was going to run after it included the needed elements to have it fully fleshed out. So, in light of that complaint narrative being blasted into confetti, the anti-Weiss hand-wringers in the press had to come up with a new line of caterwauling over her move.

Now the complaint is that this week's ratings for the show were significantly lower, due to going on the air against an NFL playoff game on another network, and Bari had "intentionally" chosen this week for the embattled segment to be included, so it would get fewer viewers.

Or, and we dare make this suggestion, maybe it was due to the fact that the segment had been heavily touted, weeks earlier, when appearing on a Canadian feed online for people to get a preview? In whichever case they land, what stands out is the original case we had made about this line of barking from the press: In all of the emotional furor, nobody is lauding the content of this particular report. Look at how, after it came out on Sunday, hardly anyone is loudly cheering the segment; they are discussing the ratings and any other aspect of the decision.

60 Minutes" earned a putrid audience against an NFL playoff game on NBC as CBS attempted to bury the "Inside CECOT" story. https://t.co/On0svEjiPW

Legalized Press-titution – CNN

When a newswoman chooses to avoid watching the video about the news event she is covering.

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