CBS News' Banner Year Of Shameless #Journalism Continued With This 'INSANE' Open About Pete Hegseth

Posted • December 4, 2024: The legacy media has already reached rock bottom when it comes to destroying any remaining credibility they might have had left, and now they're dredging to make more room at the bottom. NBC News has been running with a report that is completely anonymously sourced in which the unknown people quoted claim Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, had what they claim was a drinking problem that was well known at Fox News. Many who worked with Hegseth closely have come out, on the record, to say that report is a total BS hit job. Some of those Fox News personalities also say that NBC News never even reached out to them for comment, likely because the "journalists" knew their responses would ruin the narrative they were trying to create. The hacks at CBS News have decided to add to their already banner year of "journalism" by trying to push that narrative even harder. Here's how the CBS Evening News opened last night:

CBS's Norah O'Donnell with an INSANE open to the 'CBS Evening News' smearing Pete Hegseth like it's the campaign all over again: "We begin with new reporting by CBS News. The highest priority of the president of the United States is the safety and security of the American people. As the commander-in-chief, presidents rely on their defense secretaries to help carry out that solemn task. President-Elect Donald Trump wanted a Fox News weekend host to hold that post. The 44-year-old combat veteran, Pete Hegseth. Tonight, that nomination appears to be on the rocks. Hegseth is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking. Tonight, CBS News has learned Hegseth may not have the support of enough Republican senators to be confirmed for the job, meaning his nomination is in serious jeopardy." -- Those same people are baffled as to why trust in the media has gone completely down the toilet.

Undaunted by her biased, credibility-shattering election coverage, CBS's Norah O'Donnell forges ahead. The irony in this apoplectic opening is that, less than a year ago, the current SecDef was AWOL for over a week with no backup plan and no notification or communication. To anyone. The alleged "journalism" from the CBS Evening News continued when somebody was brought in to explain what former Pentagon officials think. Were there 51 of them by any chance? CBS's Nikole Killion chased Pete Hegseth down a Senate hallway today, asking him if he could "describe the relationship with your mother?" These people are sick. https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1864107966628065280/vid/avc1/1280x720/1XuNhQynIkr-Y4q0.mp4 -- Norah O'Donnell brought in the ever-pompous John Dickerson (one of her replacements) to to cite anonymous FORMER Pentagon officials. "Former officials say…" Where have we heard this one before?

The wheels have been coming completely off ever since Team Biden entered office and it's cute to watch the media pretend Trump's picks will somehow make things worse. And you know how "trustworthy" some of these same sources have been in the past. Trump doesn't even take office until January 20th, so the "journalism" is about to get even more shameless -- if that's even possible. (…)

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