CBS Puffs the Joys of Pot: 'Weed Pimps' and Marijuana on the Radio

CBS This Morning on Thursday returned to a favorite topic of the network's journalists: Legalized pot. This time, reporter Barry Petersen hyped an all marijuana radio station. With no hint at any downside, co-host Norah O'Donnell introduced, "A Colorado radio station is fine-tuning its format to reach a higher audience in the land of legalized marijuana." 

Reporter Barry Petersen enthused, "With revenue and audience numbers climbing to the sky, at K-HIGH, it's good to be high." Explaining the station's lineup of hosts, he promoted, "And in the afternoon, there are the Weed Pimps." 

On Tuesday, the network hyped "pot entrepreneurs" in Colorado. As the Media Research Center's Jeffrey Meyer noted, "Since recreational marijuana became legal in Colorado last year, CBS This Morning has run multiple segments touting the new industry": 

NORAH O'DONNELL: And a Colorado radio station is fine-tuning its format to reach a higher audience in the...

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