CBS: No Plans To Outsource News Operations

(CBS)  CBS News has no plans to outsource any of its newsgathering operations to CNN, a CBS News spokesperson said.

"We are extremely satisfied with and proud of our newsgathering operation. No outside arrangement is being negotiated," the spokesperson said.

CBS News issued the statement in response to a story in the New York Times that reported CBS has been discussing a deal to outsource some of its newsgathering operations to CNN.

The newspaper, citing two unidentified executives as sources, said the talks involved cutting CBS' news operations while retaining prominent figures like CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.

The Times said that over the past decade, CNN had held talks with CBS News and ABC News about possible joint ventures.

[sharednotion]

I''m glad that CBS News and CNN will each continue to do their own basic news-gathering. But, I also think it''s a good idea that they & their people occassionally cooperate, such as when CNN''s Chritiane Amanpour has sometimes done a report for a segment on CBS''s "60 Minutes" program.

[termtex01]

"As for the tired, trite argument the media is left wing, I will recite that often-seen bumper sticker that reads something like this: "The media is only as left as the right wing conservatives who own them."

Posted by hypnotoad72 at 07:10 PM : Apr 08, 2008"

Ah, so you base your deductions on bumper stickers?

So scientific and accurate. My God, you must be a mental giant to use bumper stickers to back up your arguments.

[termtex01]

Latest word is CBS will either outsource their newsgathering to their Bangladesh bureau, or Al Jazeera.

So, get ready for massive grammar mistakes (if Bangladesh), or no change whatsoever (if Al Jazeera).

[pfd572]

Why should CBS be any different. So many US companies and organizations are outsourcing everything from hospital health care technicians, doctors and tests.(have you been in the hosp. lately and had to wait for an outsourced doctor, test and test results, its dangerous. All thanks to our selfish Republican leaders, but...), to call centers. Anything for the bottom line. I hope this isn''t reconsidered, we need more than one news outlet for competition to ensure fair, impartial reporting.

[pfd572]

Why should CBS be any different. So many US companies and organizations are outsourcing everything from hospital health care technicians, doctors and tests.(have you been in the hosp. lately and had to wait for an outsourced doctor, test and test results, its dangerous. All thanks to our selfish Republican leaders, but...), to call centers. Anything for the bottom line. I hope this isn''t reconsidered, we need more than one news outlet for competition to ensure fair, impartial reporting.

[jghutto]

At first I didn''t think I would like Katie as a news anchor, but I have grown to like her. She delivers the news pleasingly, not in an authoritative tone like some of those men anchors do. I don''t know why there is so much gripe about her!

[hypnotoad72]

djohnson413 -- while I value FOX news, for some reason they seem to shy away from certain topics; the most obvious one would probably be the arguments over "offshoring". If Bill O''Reilly alone were to address that issue, I might even pick up cable again.

[dulcejesus]

To djohnson413,

Ha...hahaha....hahaha....HAHAHAHA...

Stop it, you''re killin'' me!

[hypnotoad72]

CBS - thank you for valuing America. There are legitimate times and reasons for offshoring. I don''t believe the media is one of them. Media is inevitably intertwined with the culture of the country it is in.

As for the tired, trite argument the media is left wing, I will recite that often-seen bumper sticker that reads something like this: "The media is only as left as the right wing conservatives who own them." More to the point, anyone with a functioning brain can see that any article can be slanted to one particular point of view; typically within the bias of the one writing it, but there are exceptions. Forget puerile and pedantic bumper stickers, to even say the media is "dominated by the ___-wing" is grossly myopic.

[djohnson413]

Why go with CNN. CBS should go for a respectable source, Fox News. They are the only news source that actually reports news and not biased commentaries.