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Megyn Kelly and Emily Jashinsky didn’t mince words when they watched CBS News flail on live television — they called it “fun to watch,” and a lot of hardworking Americans feel the same way. The old guard of network journalism has spent years lecturing the country from up on high, and now those same elites are losing viewers in real time as the public turns off their staged outrage.
The numbers back up the mockery: CBS’s flagship evening newscast has seen meaningful audience erosion versus its rivals, with week-to-week and year-over-year dips that show viewers voting with their remotes. Once a trusted nightly ritual, the CBS Evening News is struggling to move the needle while competitors pull away, and that decline isn’t just noise — it’s a symptom of a network out of touch with everyday Americans.
The morning lineup has been no refuge for CBS either, as anchor shake-ups and editorial gymnastics coincided with sharp ratings drops for the network’s AM franchise. When networks tinker with anchors and spinrooms instead of addressing credibility and balance, viewers leave — and Nielsen’s meters don’t lie about who’s paying attention.
CBS’s instability has gone beyond ratings into personnel and management chaos, with high-profile firings and executive exits dominating the internal headlines. Leadership shake-ups and bizarre on-air moments have only underscored what conservatives have been saying for years: when an institution abandons truth for narrative, it loses the trust that once kept it afloat.
Meanwhile, the audience isn’t disappearing so much as consolidating around outlets that actually deliver what people want — straightforward news and commentary that doesn’t lecture the nation. Fox News has capitalized on that demand, posting record months while left-leaning outlets implode in key demos, a market outcome that tells you everything about where public allegiance now lies.
This collapse is not an accident; it’s the predictable result of editorial arrogance. For years CBS and its peers rewarded ideology over accuracy, and Americans responded by finding alternatives that respect common sense and the Constitution. Watching this formerly sacred institution stumble is satisfying for patriots who warned about bias years ago and were dismissed as conspiracy theorists.
Hardworking Americans deserve news that reflects their values and their reality, not sanctimonious sermonizing that drives viewers away. As CBS scrambles for a comeback, the rest of us should remember the lesson: institutions that lose sight of service to the people will not survive their own contempt for the audience.
