It all started when Vance, feeling targeted by CBS moderators during the recent vice-presidential debate, urged his supporters to boycott the network. Accusing CBS of acting more like “Harris campaign strategists” than impartial journalists, Vance wasted no time mobilizing his base. The call for action went viral almost instantly, with the hashtag #BoycottCBS trending for days across social media platforms. The result? Six of CBS’s top advertisers — including Ford, Geico, and Amazon — have pulled the plug, leaving the network reeling.

The vice-presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Democratic nominee Tim Walz was supposed to be a measured discussion of policy issues. Instead, it became a battleground between Vance and the moderators, who repeatedly fact-checked his statements — a move that Vance has since labeled “overzealous and biased.”

“It was like a trap,” Vance said at a rally shortly after the debate. “Every time I opened my mouth, the moderators were there to ‘fact-check’ me. But when Walz was spewing his nonsense, they just nodded along like he was preaching the gospel. CBS is no longer a news network. It’s a propaganda machine, and we’ve had enough.”

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