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Who is Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News?

Ex-NYT writer who launched ‘anti-woke commentary’ website will report directly to Paramount Skydance head David Ellison

The Guardian - US

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount buys Free Press startup

Commentator to lead storied US news network, five years after acrimonious exit from New York Times

The Guardian - US

‘It’s not a good place right now’: CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

The Independent UK

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‘Polarizing’ journalist Bari Weiss to become CBS News editor-in-chief in wake of controversial Paramount merger: report

Opponents say Weiss’s ‘anti-woke’, pro-Israel stance will be like ‘dropping a grenade’ in the newsroom

The Independent UK

A Bari Weiss-led CBS News would likely look different, but how the public feels about it might not change

For weeks, there has been a great deal of reporting about an impending shake-up in the world of television news. Paramount Global CEO David Ellison is in talks to purchase The Free Press, an online media startup launched in 2021 as a conservative alternative to traditional news organizations.

The Conversation

Why is Woody Allen doing an interview?

We don't need to be giving Woody Allen a platform to speak!

The Mary Sue

Andrew Cuomo just got the funniest and most eye-roll worthy endorsement

Alex, give me "Who I Don't Want to Endorse Me" for $2000

The Mary Sue

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‘He lied to us’: CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison ‘just can’t be trusted’

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers said new owner David Ellison has broken his promise not to “politicize” the network by installing a Trump loyalist as ombudsman, and courting The Free Press founder Bari Weiss for a senior editorial position

The Independent UK

How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom

Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump’s allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leanings

The Guardian - US

Warner Bros Discovery stock spikes after reports that Paramount is prepping takeover bid

The potential bid would see Paramount purchase all of the assets of its studio rival, including the global television business that was set to be spun off next year.

The Independent UK

Paramount Skydance reportedly preparing takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery

Media conglomerate putting together majority cash offer for WBD backed by ultra-rich Ellison family, reports say

The Guardian - US

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elites

The Guardian - US

Paramount names former Trump appointee as ombudsman to review ‘complaints of bias’ at CBS News

Kenneth Weinstein was nominated by Trump to serve as ambassador to Japan in 2020.

The Independent UK

Maga star Katie Miller’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to

The ex-Doge staffer and wife of Stephen Miller says she wants to reach conservative women – and her first guest is JD Vance

The Guardian - US

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Cancelling Colbert, bribery, an $8bn deal: what’s going on at Paramount?

The fallout from the Trump payoff comes as a merger threatens the company’s integrity and A-list talent, such as Stephen Colbert, have already been sacrificed

The Guardian - UK

The anti-woke warriors used to defend free speech. Now they make McCarthyism look progressive

These people once said they cared about ‘cancel culture’. But look at how they are trying to cancel the children’s YouTuber Ms Rachel for featuring a toddler from Gaza on one of her videos, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Reason

Deporting the Cancer Kid

Plus: Pell Grant fraud, New York mayoral candidate defaulting on student loans, and more...

The Guardian - US

The Republican anti-tax coalition is beginning to disintegrate

For half a century, the GOP has embraced tax cuts for the rich. But as Americans turn against the idea, the party is divided

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The Independent UK

Fox News host hypes ‘free speech’ college as place where ‘protests are essentially not allowed’

After airing a clip of University of Austin professor Michael Shellenberger describing the school as a ‘place of free thought,’ Brian Kilmeade praised the college for supposedly outlawing student protests.

The Guardian - US

‘How many dead Palestinians are enough?’ The unbearable prescience of the late poet Refaat Alareer

The author and academic was killed in an Israeli airstrike a year ago. A posthumous collection of his work, If I Must Die, tells the stories of Gaza in a plea for change

The Guardian - US

Jerry Seinfeld’s lurch to the right now includes mourning ‘dominant masculinity’

The comedian’s remarks on a podcast join his cheerleading of genocidal violence and jokes about suffering children in Gaza

Bored Panda

“I Miss A Dominant Masculinity”: Jerry Seinfeld Laments Over Not Being A “Real Man”

Jerry Seinfeld said, "I've always wanted to be a real man. I never made it," before listing out some of the famous figures he believes are "real" men. The post “I Miss A Dominant Masculinity”: Jerry Seinfeld Laments Over Not Being A “Real Man” first appeared on Bored Panda.

Salon

Seinfeld: I miss "dominant masculinity"

The comedian and "Unfrosted" director also told podcast host Bari Weiss that "punching down" in comedy isn't real

The Independent UK

Jerry Seinfeld says pro-Palestinian protests against him are ‘so dumb’

‘I love that these young people, they’re trying to get engaged with politics,’ said Seinfeld. ‘We have to just correct their aim a little bit.’

The Guardian - UK

Morning After the Revolution by Nellie Bowles review – the perils of failing to toe the party line

The former New York Times journalist exposes the excesses of hyper-‘woke’ culture and the suffocating impact of groupthink in this enjoyable study of a topsy-turvy world

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