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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Bari Weiss tells CBS News staff to love it or leave it as Gayle King passionately defends her against ‘leakers’

Embattled CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss told staff during a much-anticipated all-hands meeting on Tuesday that they should leave if they don’t think she’s the “right leader” for the network, letting them know it’s a “free country.”

She was – perhaps surprisingly – joined in that clarion call by CBS Mornings co-anchor Gayle King, who has been the subject of multiple stories that she may soon be on the chopping block due to her age and massive salary.

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