She Should Be Fired (Although, it won't happen)

Another day, another mainstream media journalist decides to throw objectivity completely out the window, leaving the rest of the industry to clean up the mess.

CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford found herself in hot water this weekend after taking to social media to applaud a heckler who confronted Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a town hall. Crawford didn't just share the clip; she cheered it on, praising the exchange as a "spectacular self-own".

As the backlash mounted, Crawford eventually deleted the post and offered up the standard, boilerplate mea culpa: "Earlier, I tweeted a video from an Abdul El-Sayed town hall. I deleted that tweet because it was a violation of CBS News standards. I apologize."

Let's be clear about something: an apology doesn't cut it.

When a high-profile network correspondent openly picks sides in a political race and amplifies partisan attacks, the mask slips entirely. Objectivity isn't just taking a temporary hit—it’s driven off a cliff. Crawford should be fired, plain and simple. She has completely torched whatever credibility she had left on her beat.

But here is where the rot becomes a systemic crisis for the entire industry.

When network-level correspondents—the supposed "adults in the room" and standard-bearers of broadcast journalism—think it’s completely fine to broadcast their personal political bias to the masses, you can crystal clearly see why journalists at local TV stations across the country think it’s okay to do the exact same thing.

If a top-tier CBS correspondent feels emboldened enough to cheerlead a political hit job online, local reporters and anchors look at that and say, "Why not me?" It trickles down into newsrooms everywhere, eroding the local trust that community journalism desperately relies on.

Of course, let's not act overly shocked. We are talking about CBS, a network that has already managed to shed most of its remaining credibility over recent years through a steady drip of editorial stumbles and leadership controversies. When the foundation at the very top is already cracked, it's no wonder the walls are caving in.

If the networks want to wonder why the public's trust in the media is at an all-time low, they don't need to look any further than the nearest mirror—or right back at Jan Crawford’s X feed.

Although, if Crawford leaves, I’m sure Fox News will hold the door open over at 1211.