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Another look at the new CBS Evening News


Monday, no billboard of upcoming stories, which is not a wise decision, especially after a 5:30 lead story on 'Tarriff Uncertainty."  Huh?...no real impact on viewers yet.   Then the Money Watch segment was next on tariff impact, but the female studio reporter badly needed a step stool, so as not ot be dwarfed in stature by Dubios, the stadning main male anchor.  Graphics were very impressive on an immersive set, but they focused on car battery costs????  What?  Not daily people impact.  I haven't bought a battery lately.

On to the White House reporter for more on tariffs that caused the stock market to dip, but the graphics here seemed a bot cartoonish, IMHO.   What's the impact going forward this week for the market?  

The so-called 'Round-up" segment seemed to downplay the closing of the USAID office. Big story that deserved more attention.

Next up a story on FBI agents being questioned by the administration about J6.   Ok, but all graphics and no human side.   Can't talk to a former agent about the chilling effect????

Interestingly, NO Margaret Brennan from DC tonight; perhaps it is her day off after working FTN Sunday, but it left the two male anchors as a weak tandom to me, with no context from Brennan with so much going on.  This show is a full court press for CBS, so NO DAYS OFF.

On to a airplane safety story about the DC crash.  Very strange that there was NO mention of a tug-plane mishap at O'Hare that caused injury or the fire on takeoff for a United flight over the weekend.  Big miss, IMHO.  Gotta make it more relevant to what's going on at airports after last week!

Immersive weather is only being driven by the graphics, period.   Overdone.

I was not impressed by the overall mission of this show.  It's just not a strong catch-up of the day's key news.   Underproduced.    







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