Presstitutes at Work
CBS anchor Scott Pelley: One of the overpaid “media brands” in the US market of commodified presstitutes.
DETOXIFY YOUR MIND. LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE SYNTAX OF IMPERIALIST DISINFORMATION.
Just offering a record of their atrocious lies. Study and collect for future reference.
Compilations and running commentary by Patrice Greanville
The American network CBS (Calumny Broadcasting System) is at it all the time, planting lies in the minds of a largely clueless public, and so are its sisters at home and abroad, including NBC, ABC, BBC, FOX News, and even the supposedly more ideologically neutral PBS (which has been rightfully nicknamed, the “Petroleum Broadcasting System”. Guess why.) PBS’ famed and wrongly admired news show, The Newshour, is an excellent example of liberaloid disinformation at its sanctimonious best. (See The Political Function of PBS, by Alex Cockburn). Note that these propaganda memes against opponents of the empire go on for years, even decades, until the goal is accomplished: the total demonization of a nation and its leaders, with the tacit implication that righteous America has the moral right to intervene by any means necessary to re-establish “freedom and democracy”. Yes, the sacred duty to intervene “for the good of the people and the world.” This is the insalubrious, arch-hypocritical project these overpaid presstitutes are involved in, along with the less visible producers, editors, and naturally media owners—sitting comfortably at the apex of the American power pyramid and pulling the strings. Note how the propaganda memes used against Pres. Assad and Syria have been running pretty much the same since 2011, the possible point of inception for the effort to destabilize Syria in accord with the decisions of the American-led supranational deep state.
THIS POST PRESENTS A SAMPLER OF AMERICAN DISINFORMATION REGARDING THE OVERTHROW OF SYRIA’S PRES. BASHIR AL-ASSAD.
The Presstitutes persecution of Syria’s president Assad has been nothing if not unrelenting in their effort to facilitate his removal by any means necessary—including all-out war. In pursuit of this goal, Assad has been grotesquely slandered and is always portrayed as a vicious “dictator” and his government, a sordid “regime” (code word to tip the audience about his “illegitimacy,” and also suggestive of tyranny sustained by brutal force.)
Syrian refugees flee to Turkey by the thousands |
Published on Feb 8, 2016
With the help of Russian airstrikes, the Assad dictatorship in Syria is close to surrounding the rebel (sic) stronghold of Aleppo. Meanwhile, refugees of the war continue to face obstacles in their search for a safe haven. Holly Williams reports from Turkey.
Published on Feb 9, 2012
“In Syria, dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces have surrounded the city of Homs – the center of the 11-month rebellion. Clarissa Ward reports from inside Syria where life has become a cycle of funerals and gun battles…” Yada Yada Yada. All lies. And Clarissa Ward, the field correspondent, is notorious for her eager participation in these media ambushes.
Below: A CBS affiliate sings the same tune in Atlanta.
Published on Feb 8, 2012
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley – On the frontlines with Syrian rebels |
In Syria, there has been no let-up in President Bashar al-Assad’s attacks on his own people. His military has killed more than 5,000 people in 11 months. Clarissa Ward reports from the frontlines with rebels fighting to overthrow the 40-year Assad dictatorship.
Published on Feb 7, 2012
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CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley – Inside Syrian rebels training session |
The Assad government has banned independent (sic) reporting within Syria But CBS News’ Clarissa Ward was able to sneak in and spend time with the rebels fighting to overthrow the regime.
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Inside the Free Syrian Army (1) |
Published on Dec 6, 2011
CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward was able to sneak inside Syria to lift the open the veil of secrecy placed on the country. She provides an inside look at what the band of former Syrian soldiers who have taken up arms against the dictator’s regime.
- Dateline MEDIA 08.08.12
You’re Worth How Much? TV Anchors, by the Numbers
Cooper. Sawyer. Blitzer. They have multimillion-dollar contracts and perfect hair. But which newsmakers deliver the most bang for their boss’s bucks? We do the math.
For all the buzz about how much television news anchors earn these days—Matt Lauer recently made waves after reportedly signing a $25 million–a–year contract with NBC—a more important question often remains unanswered: are any of these enormous paychecks, in fact, worth it?
To try to answer the question, The Daily Beast divided the individual salaries of some of the top talking heads by the number of viewers their shows bring in. By looking at how much these guys earn per viewer, we hoped to get a sense of who’s delivering to their network bosses the most bang for the buck.
Of course, TV news stars don’t make it a habit of publicly disclosing their salaries. So we first looked for media reports about what each makes, and then ran those numbers by industry sources. Audience figures are based on Nielsen ratings for the week of July 16 for network shows, and July 16 itself for cable.
The results were surprising. For example, while the overall numbers might indicate that networks pay more than cable, on a per-viewer basis, that’s not always true. ABC’s World News anchor Diane Sawyer makes $12 million to Anderson Cooper’s $11 million. But with roughly 608,000 people tuning into CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, the anchor is one of the highest paid on TV, pulling in more than $18 per viewer. Considering Sawyer has an audience of 7.32 million, she seems like a relative steal for ABC, at $1.63 per viewer.
By some measures, MSNBC appears to be more generous with its staff than network sister NBC—especially if you’re a man. Joe Scarborough, of Morning Joe, earns $4 million and has an audience of 367,000, which comes to $10.89 per viewer. In contrast, even at $25 million, Matt Lauer is only costing NBC $5.88 per viewer, considering the Today show’s audience of 4.2 million.
In general, on both network and cable, women are still paid less than men; if you’re in doubt, check out Today cohost Savannah Guthrie’s reported salary—at less than 50 cents per viewer, she’s a relative bargain for NBC. Among the networks, generally considered more august than their rabble-rousing cable cousins, the exception is ABC, which pays its women more than the men. CBS is a close, penny-pinching second, and CNBC wins the thrifty award for cable.
Dan Gross and Paula Froelich dissect anchors’ salaries.
ABC and CNBC didn’t return calls seeking comment. Fox, NBC, CNN, and CBS declined to comment, as did MSNBC, though a spokeswoman for that network said our salary estimates were “wildly inaccurate.”
Industry experts say viewers—or potential viewers—are just part of the calculation that goes into salaries. The value of an anchor also depends on how much advertising can be sold against his or her show, for example. While the size of the audience plays into that, so do the demographics. A show might only attract a few hundred thousand viewers, but if those viewers are relatively well off, the show can command a premium for coveted ad spots. Advertisers also pay a big premium for younger audiences. Anchors who deliver the 18-to-35 or 25-to-54 age range are compensated accordingly, especially since the news audience tends to skew older. Networks, more so than cable, also compensate their anchors in part for being available to fly around the world when a big story breaks or a disaster takes place.
Television’s anchor salaries aren’t “much different from the movie business,” says Derek Baine, a senior analyst at SNL Kagan, a media-consulting firm. “It’s supply and demand—their agents check the market and try to drum up competition to make it seem as if that person has other options to go elsewhere.”
Indeed, anchors are increasingly one-person brands, and the bigger that brand’s star power, the more likely they are to land big interviews and specials, which can be syndicated and rake in huge profits above and beyond their regular programs.
“Look at Matt Lauer—is he worth it?” says Stephen Battaglio, the TV Guide business editor who edits the annual salary issue for the magazine. “Matt is central to [Today]—if he left, ratings would plummet and NBC would lose at least $100-125 million in ad revenue. His salary generates the ratings and audience that will keep advertisers paying what they do.”
Same with a guy like Brian Williams, who “brings stature, and physically represents NBC,” says Battaglio. “There are some intangibles there as well. People who deliver the news for you, the personalities you’ve developed over the years, they become your brand and there is a value that can’t always be quantified …This is built up over time—stature, connection, relationship with the audience. It’s an investment.”
ALL CAPTIONS AND PULL-QUOTES BY THE EDITORS, NOT THE AUTHORS.
