CBS (Could Be Systemic)

Lately, the problems at CBS have become shockingly apparent to all. However, the problems are not isolated to one man or one news show or even to the news division itself.

On Thursday, September 16, While the controversy over Dan Rather using forged documents in an attempt to influence a presidential Election was raging full-steam, CBS Radio News reported with certainty that President Bush's post convention bounce had evaporated. This report may have also been on CBS TV News as well but I don't watch that anymore. Unfortunately, the radio station in my area that carries my favorite talk shows also runs CBS Radio News (but I am working on correcting this problem too).

CBS sited a Pew survey as their source for claiming that Bush had lost his bounce. Unfortunately, information soon came forth to dispute this hopeful CBS report. Worse yet, the contrary information came right from CBS itself. The CBS poll released the very next day, Sept. 17, indicated that the President's convention bounce had not "evaporated" but instead the President still had an eight point lead over Kerry. I guess the news division didn't consult with their poll takers first (or maybe they did what they have done before and ignored the contrary information).

Even their sports division can't get it right. During a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Denver Broncos kicked a field goal with time expiring in the first half to make the score 7 to 6. CBS Sports (who was unfortunately carrying the game broadcast) reported the score as still being 7 to 3. It obviously is not as bad as what Dan did but it shows just how diverse the problem is at CBS.

For more humorous information on someone else who can't get anything right when it comes to sports either (John Kerry), visit the good folks at Football Fans for Truth whose web-site is linked in the title above.