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In this week's New York Times 'Week in Review,' Jacques Steinberg asked several know-it-alls (including Lizz Winstead—Lizz, why didn't you call us?) how to save CBS News. Here's what Reality TV evil genius Mark Burnett said:

Of all the people you're likely to speak to, I'm the most likely to get it right - because I have my finger on the pulse of a lot of young people.

Hopefully we'll still be writing Gawker when that quote comes back to haunt him.

CBS News Makeover, by Four Kibitzers [NYT]
[Burnett photo via USA Today]

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