Insiders have revealed that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and the network’s president, Tom Cibrowski, have been butting heads over how to boost ratings, with staffers branding them “the odd couple,” according to a report.
The pair has different visions for the direction of the news network, with Cibrowski taking a “softer coverage” approach to appeal to Middle America, while Weiss came in with an “aggressive” digital strategy to implement hard news and enterprise reporting, according to The New York Post.