Journalists React to Shocking Layoff of CBS News White House Legend Mark Knoller

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Journalists React to Shocking Layoff of CBS News White House Legend Mark Knoller: ‘An Irreplaceable Institution’

By Leia Idliby May 28th, 2020, 1:40 pm

Journalists have taken to Twitter to express their anger and sadness regarding the shocking layoff of CBS News White House correspondent and legend Mark Knoller, many calling attention to his genuine, unbiased reporting.

Knoller has reported on every U.S. president since Gerald Ford and is known for his impressive ability to gather unbiased information on the daily activities of the sitting president. He has several AP Awards and a Merriman Smith Award for Deadline Reporting on the Presidency, which was presented by the White House Correspondents’ Association.

New York Magazine and HuffPost Contributor Yashar Ali broke the news on Twitter, revealing that three sources told him the “journalistic institution” had been laid off:

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[mopinko]

1. yeah, too bad they just made him 100 time more read.

[Cha]

2. KR

[dalton99a]

3. "It May Not Be Good for America, but It's Damn Good for CBS"

is their new motto

[Demovictory9]

4. why was he laid off?

[still_one]

5. I would like to know also

[SoCalNative]

6. ViacomCBS corporate layoffs yesterday

around 400 people, mostly CBS casualties and a lot of veteran news people, in this latest round.

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. To be replaced later with

cheaper and more pliable people.

[2naSalit]

11. Prior to being able to claim

full retirement maybe?

[Hortensis]

7. Given CBS's corruption on behalf of Republicans/Big Money

(including CBS's owners), it'd say far better things about him if he'd been fired decades ago for refusing to go along. I'm not saying he didn't report honestly when he could (I don't know), but that he was kept on all through this period of journalistic corruption raises big questions. In any case, it seems obvious that he outlived his usefulness now -- or finally rebelled?

A very huge problem we MUST address if democracy is to survive is harnessing and corruption of "a free press." It's not protected in the First Amendment for no reason.

[Miguelito Loveless]

9. Bring back the "Fairness Doctrine"

also, break up media monopolies.

If you own a newspaper, you cannot own a radio, TV, or Internet company, and all variations.

[Hortensis]

10. Yes. If you own a news service, you not only cannot own 300,

and you can't own the only other(s) that serves a population or geographic or political district. And if you're the only one in a specific medium, or supply more than x percent of the market, special regulations requiring provision of basic news content apply.

Further, the media equivalent of dishonestly yelling fire in a crowded nation should be illegal when a source is influential enough to subvert understanding of a substantial portion of its market. Enforced by special courts.

We can do it, and should.