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Bari Weiss' MAGA CBS pivot is failing

Ratings and journalistic credibility are suffering amid reports of editorial meddling

Salon · Oct 20

Maria Bartiromo Was Reportedly Fired After Leaking Fox Trump Coverage Guidance to White House

Maria Bartiromo was reportedly fired by Fox News after she screenshotted internal guidance telling staff to avoid Trump's 2020 election claims and sent it to the White House.

International Business Times UK · Sep 4

CBS’s Bari Weiss personally pushed controversial headline that attacked Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed: report

Unnamed sources told ‘Status’ that Weiss ‘praised’ an article that accused Democratic Senate candidate of deleted tweets about 9/11

The Independent UK · Sep 1

Despite CBS News’ hype, Tony Dokoupil’s first week as evening anchor is a ratings dud

Compared to the debut week of the co-anchor duo Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson, who Dokoupil replaced after they spent less than a year behind the desk, CBS Evening News declined 23 percent in adults between 25 and 54 years old

The Independent UK · Jan 14

Tony Dokoupil’s ‘embarrassing’ first days at CBS Evening News savaged by staff: ‘It’s state TV’

EXCLUSIVE: In a conversation with one of his handlers during an ad break, Pete Hegseth said during his interview with Tony Dokoupil that ‘we did it at Bari's request and because CBS News did something right on this.’

The Independent UK · Jan 7

Tucker Carlson told Olivia Nuzzi her life was in danger and offered to send her a shotgun amid RFK Jr. drama, her ex claims

An increasingly conspiratorial Tucker Carlson also allegedly thought the story was a ‘grander deep-state plot’ hatched by Israel to ‘destroy Trump by destroying Bobby.’

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Bari Weiss is eyeing Fox News star Bret Baier and CNN’s Anderson Cooper for ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor chair

Sources also told The Independent that Weiss has also expressed interest in bringing Anderson Cooper over from CNN to lead the nightly news program

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Right-wing podcast stars including Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens in line for Golden Globes award

Megyn Kelly, Ben Shapiro, and Theo Von among other nominees for inaugural ‘Best Podcast’ gong

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025

Bari Weiss goes full Elon Musk, demands CBS News staffers tell her ‘how you spend your working hours’

‘We’re all being DOGE’d,’ a CBS News journalist told The Independent. ‘And she’s also looking out to see who will kiss up to her.’

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’

Marc Thiessen declared on social media that he’s no longer an ‘outlier’ at the Washington Post, as the paper’s opinion section is wholly ‘conservative’ now

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025