{"id":2221794,"date":"2024-04-15T20:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-trashed-for-cutting-to-local-news-during-iconic-billy-joel-performance\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:13:05","slug":"cbs-trashed-for-cutting-to-local-news-during-iconic-billy-joel-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-trashed-for-cutting-to-local-news-during-iconic-billy-joel-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Criticism Against CBS for Interrupting Billy Joel&#8217;s Performance with Local News"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcbs-trashed-for-cutting-to-local-news-during-iconic-billy-joel-performance%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=2221794&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--><p>CBS News faced \u200bsocial media backlash as affiliates in two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-arrests-thousands-during-protests-backing-opposition-leader-navalny\/\" title=\"Russia Arrests Thousands During Protests Backing Opposition Leader Navalny\">time zones<\/a> \u2063mistakenly\u200c cut off a live concert broadcast during \u200cBilly Joel&#8217;s performance\u2062 of &#8220;Piano Man.&#8221; This interruption\u200b during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-joe-bidens-possible-diplomatic-non-boycott-of-olympics-no-big-deal\/\" title=\"China: Joe Biden's Possible Diplomatic Non-Boycott of Olympics 'No Big Deal'\">highly anticipated event<\/a>, &#8220;The 100th: Billy Joel at \u200dMadison Square Garden,&#8221;\u200d led to viewer disappointment\u2064 and criticism online. Viewers\u200b expressed frustration with the timing error on various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>CBS News took a social media beating on Sunday night after a timing error caused affiliates in two time zones to cut off the broadcast of a concert special \u2014 right in the middle of Billy Joel\u2019s iconic hit \u201cPiano Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The network had been touting the Sunday night broadcast of\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/inside-billy-joel-100th-madison-square-garden-concert-event-8628683\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden \u2013 The Greatest Arena Run of All Time<\/a>\u201d for weeks, and viewers quickly took their dismay to X as the highly-anticipated event ended in disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey @CBS wtf is this?! You cut off @billyjoel during Pianoman of all songs?! And then didn\u2019t come back to it?!?! Now wonder network TV is a mess. Not ballin, not ballin at all,\u201d the X account for \u201cThe Gunz Show\u201d posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBS<\/a> wtf is this?!  You cut off <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billyjoel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@billyjoel<\/a> during Pianoman of all songs?!  And then didn\u2019t come back to it?!?!  Now wonder network TV is a mess.<br \/>Not ballin, not ballin at all. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QBBxLZOABO\">pic.twitter.com\/QBBxLZOABO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gunz (@TheGunzShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGunzShow\/status\/1779715797977272765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Video posted by that account showed the network\u2019s abrupt jump from the middle of Joel\u2019s famous tune to a local news anchor previewing the Manhattan hush-money trial of former President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViewers throughout the Eastern and Central Time Zones had the broadcast of the Billy Joel concert cut off, mid-Piano Man. Evidently, CBS was no longer in the mood for a melody,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-dominion-machines-breaking-down-in-several-georgia-gop-precincts-voters-told-workers-will-scan-ballots-later\/\" title=\"Reports: Dominion Machines Breaking Down in Several Georgia GOP Precincts; Voters Told Workers Will Scan Ballots Later\">account posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Viewers throughout the Eastern and Central Time Zones had the broadcast of the Billy Joel concert cut off, mid-Piano Man. <\/p>\n<p>Evidently, CBS was no longer in the mood for a melody. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bVlcIReRXn\">pic.twitter.com\/bVlcIReRXn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1779719521349083277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFace it. CBS cut off Billy Joel halfway through \u2018Piano Man\u2019 because the woke bosses wanted him to sing \u2018Piano THEM,&#8217;\u201d comedian Jimmy Failla added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Face it. CBS cut off Billy Joel halfway through &#8220;Piano Man&#8221; because the woke bosses wanted him to sing &#8220;Piano THEM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyfailla\/status\/1779852958194094269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One account suggested the move was intentional on CBS\u2019 part, saying, \u201cCan\u2019t help but think CBS cutting off Billy Joel\u2019s concert mid-\u2018Piano Man\u2019 is long-game revenge for his \u2018wasted commercial time\u2019 move during the 1994 Grammys.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t help but think CBS cutting off Billy Joel\u2019s concert mid-\u201cPiano Man\u201d is long-game revenge for his \u201cwasted commercial time\u201d move during the 1994 Grammys. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIYBrBFCyq\">pic.twitter.com\/dIYBrBFCyq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red (@SurvivingGrady) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SurvivingGrady\/status\/1779719455011930329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the 1994 Grammys, Joel had famously <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/grammys\/2017\/02\/09\/grammys-shocking-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stopped in the middle<\/a> of his performance of \u201cRiver of Dreams\u201d in protest of CBS cutting to commercial during Frank Sinatra\u2019s acceptance speech for his Grammy Legend Award. At the time, he announced that he was intentionally wasting the network\u2019s time: \u201cValuable advertising time going by. Dollars, dollars, dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS released a statement following the SNAFU, chalking it up to a \u201cnetwork programming timing error\u201d and promising to rebroadcast the event in its entirety on April 19th at 9 p.m. ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vwn3Xdyug0\">pic.twitter.com\/vwn3Xdyug0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Joel (@billyjoel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billyjoel\/status\/1779950482640830948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News faced backlash on Sunday as affiliates in two time zones mistakenly interrupted the broadcast of Billy Joel&#8217;s concert special, cutting off his performance of &#8220;Piano Man.&#8221; Viewers expressed frustration on social media over the timing error during the highly anticipated event, affecting the network&#8217;s promotion of &#8220;The 100th: Billy Joel at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2221795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1987521484.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1987521484.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221794","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}