John Oliver is sounding the alarm over Paramount’s hiring of contrarian pundit Bari Weiss as CBS News’ new editor-in-chief while purchasing her anti-woke digital media outlet The Free Press for $150 million, warning that Weiss has engaged in “irresponsible” and “deeply misleading’ journalism in recent years.
The HBO late-night star also took particular aim at Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison, noting that he’s just the “latest in a string of billionaires who have taken over our journalistic institutions” and made “worrying changes,” all while observing that Ellison could soon be his new boss.
