{"id":1746350,"date":"2022-11-21T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T11:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746350"},"modified":"2022-11-21T07:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:33:04","slug":"lol-cbs-twitter-boycott-lasts-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-cbs-twitter-boycott-lasts-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lol: CBS Twitter Boycott Lasts a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flol-cbs-twitter-boycott-lasts-a-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/b9821d5b-3216-4c7a-853f-a57d0c26d062-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/11\/19\/cbs-throws-a-twitter-tantrum-with-laughable-latest-move-n661303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on CBS\u2019s announcement on Friday that they would be \u201cpausing\u201d their stations\u2019 activity on Twitter because of the \u201cuncertainty\u201d on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The only \u201cuncertainty\u201d was from leftists flipping out about free speech and melting down about Twitter firing people. But out of an \u201cabundance of caution,\u201d CBS said they were stopping posting on the site.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CBS News and its owned and operated stations are \u201cpausing\u201d activity on Twitter; blaming \u201cuncertainty\u201d on the platform. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pv1gEQjQJH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Pv1gEQjQJH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Lokay (@LokayFOX5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LokayFOX5\/status\/1593828049321361410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What would happen if they posted? Would they go up in flames? Turn into unicorns? Trip over the truth? Oh, no, they wouldn\u2019t recognize that if they tripped over it. They got ratioed for their silliness, and they look even more biased with their actions. But the funny part is: who would truly miss them, with such a virtue-signaling move? No one pays much attention to them, and they need Twitter far more than Twitter needs them.<\/p>\n<p>But then, when the sun rose Sunday morning, stunningly, Twitter was still here\u2013even if some on the left had run screaming off the platform. So much for the predictions of premature death from the doomsayers on the left.<\/p>\n<p>CBS woke up this morning with egg on their face. They realized that they would be cutting off their nose to spite their face with that action. So voila, they\u2019re back!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After pausing for much of the weekend to assess the security concerns, CBS News and Stations is resuming its activity on Twitter as we continue to monitor the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News PR (@CBSNewsPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNewsPress\/status\/1594338983785291777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After pausing for much of the weekend to assess the security concerns, CBS News and Stations is resuming its activity on Twitter as we continue to monitor the situation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How long was that? Little more than a day? How much were their leftist principles worth there?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity concerns\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s pretty funny. What did they think would happen that wouldn\u2019t happen if they were posting? They have no \u201csecurity concerns\u201d about continuing to post on TikTok, but they have concerns about free speech. What does that say about them?<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s too bad they couldn\u2019t stick by their guns to stay off Twitter, as that would have improved the Twitter experience of everyone not having to deal with them.<\/p>\n<p>Other media people <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/samj-3930\/2022\/11\/20\/megyn-kelly-points-out-why-cbs-news-really-quit-twitter-and-lol-ouch-ps-theyre-back-already\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laughed at their silliness. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this a joke? CBS News \u2013 former home to Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley \u2013 is afraid of \u2026 Twitter? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RaX5gPahoH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/RaX5gPahoH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megynkelly\/status\/1594320644669325312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They\u2019re back MK! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CBSNews<\/a> couldn\u2019t quit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaniceDean\/status\/1594358900362469379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They may have thought they were going to jump on board a bandwagon to isolate Musk and Twitter, but other media organizations weren\u2019t jumping ship with them. They all need to be on Twitter because there\u2019s no real replacement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/11\/18\/more-dems-target-musk-as-he-lets-some-banned-people-back-drops-new-speech-policy-n660788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Democrats <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/11\/20\/leftist-orgs-move-against-musk-after-trump-reinstatement-and-elon-has-thoughts-n661700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftist organizations<\/a> are pushing in that direction, trying to get the government to go after the site and pressure advertisers to flee, particularly with the reinstatement of President Donald Trump\u2019s account. We\u2019ll have to see how that spools out, but so far, Elon has been besting the doubters and is still there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nTrending on Redstate Video\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We reported on CBS\u2019s announcement on Friday that they would be \u201cpausing\u201d their stations\u2019 activity on Twitter because of the \u201cuncertainty\u201d on the platform. The only \u201cuncertainty\u201d was from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1746353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}