Bari Weiss at CBS News: A year of drama and challenges as she attempts to revamp the Tiffany Network
BARI WEISS FACED 'SIGNIFICANT RESISTANCE' FROM CBS NEWS STAFFERS ABOUT ALASKA BALLOT SCANDAL, INSIDERS SAY Last month, Status reported that Weiss had clashed with veteran correspondent Lesley Stahl during the editing process of a "60 Minutes" segment about Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.
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- SCOTT PELLEY FIRED AT CBS NEWS AFTER BLOWUPS WITH BARI WEISS, NEW '60 MINUTES' PRODUCER Weiss and Bilton announced in July that they had….
- Still, that hasn't stopped outlets such as the left-wing blog The Daily Beast from branding the new CBS chief as being "MAGA-coded." Weiss has been a very hands-on editor according to multiple leaked reports, some of which spiraled into contentious newsroom battles.
- A CBS spokesperson called the report "ludicrous." According to Semafor, two CBS News staffers were reportedly upset when Weiss urged journalists to investigate the Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's alleged family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood when the controversy erupted.
Last October, then-newly minted Paramount owner David Ellison tapped Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News as part of his $150 million purchase of her outlet The Free Press.
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- Additionally, a leaked recording from a meeting captured CBS News correspondent Holly Williams having a heated exchange with Weiss' hand-picked foreign editor Shayndi Raice over the network's coverage of Israel and the Oct.
- It has been a tumultuous year for CBS News as the network has been rocked by ownership changes and a polarizing new boss.
- Her first big clash came last December with Sharyn Alfonsi, then a "60 Minutes" correspondent who was set to air a report on the notorious El Salvador prison CECOT but was temporarily shelved at the last minute by Weiss.
- Weiss, who launched The Free Press following her dramatic exit from The New York Times, had been branded by her critics as an anti-woke conservative despite having more heterodox views.
- Anonymous CBS News employees have frequently aired complaints about Weiss to media reporters during her tenure.
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