From FoxNews.com….
As it has every year since 1956, CBS will broadcast The Masters golf tournament from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia this coming weekend, leading some to accuse the network of hypocrisy after it encouraged companies to “fight” Georgia’s new election law.
Late Friday, CBS News published a piece initially headlined: “3 ways companies can help fight Georgia’s restrictive new voting law”. In the piece, reporter Khristopher J. Brooks appeared to offer advice on how corporations could put political pressure on Georgia Republicans over the voting reforms
Following criticism of the editorial nature of the writing, CBS quietly changed the article’s headline to read: “Activists are calling on big companies to challenge new voting laws. Here’s what they’re asking for.”
Let’s not stop there. How dare CBS air The Masters live from Georgia next week! (Also: “masters” uh are we not getting the connotation here?) The Masters must be moved from Georgia and renamed immediately, or CBS must not air it, President Obama can we agree on this? https://t.co/vmnO2Q1Ftv
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) April 3, 2021
The Georgia law makes a host of sweeping changes to election procedures, plaing some limits and rules on absentee balloting while expanding early voting days. Opponents say the law was only enacted in response to false claims of widespread voter fraud after President Biden won Georgia in 2020. However, fact-checkers have taken issue with brazen “Jim Crow” comparisons by Biden and other Democrats.
