Lemon LIVE at 5 | Mainstream Media BLOODBATH! - October 29th, 2025

It’s a bloodbath in mainstream media, and the numbers are brutal. CBS News is making sweeping cuts. NBC News is slashing jobs. Reporters, producers, and crews across the country are being shown the door in the name of “restructuring.”

So what does this mean for the future of journalism? Is mainstream media dying, or just selling out?

Because as outlets pivot toward right-wing narratives and bend the knee to Trump, it’s starting to look less like journalism and more like appeasement.

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