One of the top priorities in Bari Weiss’ fledgling reign atop CBS News is to reshape the network’s evening news broadcast, which was once anchored by the legendary Walter Cronkite but has lately been mired in third place amid a revolving door of hosts and a recent format change.
Weiss, the founder of the anti-woke digital outlet The Free Press who was installed as the network’s editor-in-chief earlier this month, has been intently focused on bringing in a high-profile external candidate to help reverse CBS Evening News’ fortunes and boost its increasingly struggling ratings.
