Opinion | Goodbye Cronkite. Hello Trump.

The new owners of CBS and their handpicked propagandist are all-in on a MAGA makeover — eager to spin, spike and edit (or not) news content to keep Trump happy

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Forget Bari Weiss. Ignore David Ellison and his zillionaire father, Larry. Tony Dukoupil? Please. Donald Trump is the one calling the shots at CBS News.

With stunning speed, the storied mainstream news network jettisoned editorial independence, reputation and hard-earned trust. To make Trump happy, CBS now behaves more like state-TV in Russia, Iran and North Korea where a government strongman controls the message. Yes, Fox, Newsmax, Twitter and other MAGA media outlets are also proudly spewing Trump propaganda 24/7. But now it’s quickly and intentionally becoming a part of CBS News, too. Recent examples abound,

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