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JUST SAYING
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ
CBS just proved what a lot of viewers have suspected for years: when power calls, “standards” suddenly become a mute button.
The segment at issue wasn’t pulled because it was sloppy. By multiple accounts, it had already cleared the usual editorial and legal checks—then got yanked at the last minute by CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, after demands for additional reporting and “government commentary.” PBS+2The Guardian+2
And now—right on schedule—Weiss is reportedly moving to “overhaul” CBS News standards and procedures. Translation: rewrite the rulebook so the next tough story can be softened, delayed, or killed with a straight face and a corporate memo. Axios
If a network needs White House comfort before it can air hard reporting, that’s not journalism. That’s permission-based broadcasting/journalism..
So if you want to respond in the only language executives reliably understand:
- Boycott the product. Don’t reward “state-adjacent” pretend news with ratings.
- Boycott the advertisers. They’re the fuel line.
- Hit the corporate pressure points if that’s your lane—but don’t confuse activism with investment advice. (Make your own financial calls.)
And for the law: the key Supreme Court case protecting nonviolent political boycotts is NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1982). The Court held that the peaceful elements of a politically motivated boycott are protected by the First Amendment—as expression, association, and petitioning.