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Fox News host claims there’s an ‘antisemitic thread’ behind backlash over CBS News hiring Bari Weiss

Fox News’ Emily Compagno referenced an article from The Independent while suggesting that antisemitism could be behind some of the criticism of Bari Weiss

The Independent UK

Venezuela's Machado Defends Dedicating Nobel to Trump: 'The Venezuelan People Share My Position Heartfully'

Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado explained why she dedicated her award to both the Venezuelan people and President Donald Trump.

Latin Times

John Oliver skewers Paramount for hiring ‘irresponsible’ Bari Weiss to run CBS News

‘It is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading,” John Oliver declared on Sunday night.

The Independent UK

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Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making

A half-century ago, CBS’s own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project. Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermine accountability journalism

The Guardian - US

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

Digested week: Victoria’s non-secret and a star born in form of a koala

Plus Dolly Parton, and a vanishingly rare moment to celebrate in a court case related to sexual violence

The Guardian - UK

Bari Weiss Is Powerful, Establishment Media Is Not

Media consolidations are not drying up the well of discourse; it's overflowing with takes.

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Traffic to Bari Weiss’ The Free Press soared in the month before she was named CBS News editor-in-chief

Besides its 44 percent bump last month compared to September 2024, the Weiss-founded site was up 134 percent compared to the same month in 2023.

The Independent UK

New CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss failed audition to replace Meghan McCain on The View

Weiss was announced as the editor-in-chief of the news network Monday

The Independent UK

Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News

When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots

The Guardian - US

‘Let’s do the f***ing news’: New top editor Bari Weiss causes ‘eye rolls’ during CBS News editorial call

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers told The Independent that Bari Weiss’ ‘cringey’ comments on the editorial call literally caused eyes to roll.

The Independent UK

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Names Co-Founder Bari Weiss As CBS News' Editor-In-Chief

Media company Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) has named Bari Weiss as the editor-in-chief of CBS News as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press.

Benzinga

CBS News’ new editor-in-chief is Trump’s new friendly ally with a bigger platform

CBS seems to have turned pro-Trump.

We Got This Covered

Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues

The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics stories from 6 October at a glance

The Guardian - US

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Reason

Does Bari Weiss Prove Woke Media Is Collapsing?

Plus: the legality of Trump’s National Guard deployments, Democrat A.G. nominee’s leaked texts about shooting GOP rival, and what Argentina’s crisis means for libertarians.

International Business Times UK

Bari Weiss Is Now in Charge of CBS News: A Look Inside the 'Anti-Woke' Future of Broadcast News That Has Rivals Terrified

Paramount acquires Bari Weiss's The Free Press and appoints her editor-in-chief at CBS News. Her rise could reshape ideological balance in legacy media.

Reason

Bari Weiss Has Won the War on Wokeness in Media

Paramount has acquired The Free Press for $150 million and named her editor in chief of CBS News.

The Independent UK

CBS buys The Free Press website, installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief

Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News

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The Guardian - US

Bari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightward

US media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm

The Independent UK

New editor-in-chief Bari Weiss wants CBS News to hold ‘both American political parties to equal scrutiny’

‘Journalism that holds both American political parties to equal scrutiny,’ Bari Weiss wrote in her first email to staff as CBS News’ top editor, sharing her ‘core journalistic values.’

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

‘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

‘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 Conversation

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.

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