The media are united in their purpose of trying to save government workers from the DOGE ax. Across the dial, each evening newscast devoted significant time to creating in their respective audiences an empathy for government bloat.
The most over-the-top of these performances was rendered by the CBS Evening News, which appears to have devoted its remake to extracting as much snark as possible from John Dickerson while on the anchor desk:
CBS EVENING NEWS
2/6/25
6:30 PM
MAURICE DUBOIS: Uncle Sam does not want you, not anymore. Good evening. I’m Maurice Dubois.
JOHN DICKERSON: I’m John Dickerson. That is the message President Trump is sending millions of federal workers. Mr. Trump, who spent years firing people on a TV show, is now doing it for real.
DUBOIS: He is firing federal government employees or offering buyouts. The White House says tens of…
