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CBS: A Week of Bad Calls, Logistical Screwups, and Flying Furniture

As Stephen Colbert signs off, the network's news side suffers more embarrassing mistakes, chaos and lousy judgement

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Jennifer Schulze
May 21, 2026
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Jennifer Schulze is a longtime Chicago journalist. She’s on Bluesky @newsjennifer.bsky.social. Subscribe to her Substack, Indistinct Chatter.

It was another jaw-dropping week at CBS. To protest the network’s politically-motivated cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s top-rated late night show, Colbert and David Letterman flung office furniture off the roof o…

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✨ I'm a former local TV news exec, reporter & producer with a few opinions about the news✨ ⚡️Past: KING5Seattle | WGNMorningNews | WGNNews | WCIA3 |NBC5Chicago |ABC7Chicago | Chicago Sun-Times 🔥Bluesky @NewsJennifer
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