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

CBS seems to have turned pro-Trump.

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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.

International Business Times UK

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.

Reason

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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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

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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 Guardian - US

‘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 Independent UK

Megyn Kelly breaks silence after rumors that she ‘screen tested’ at CBS News for role at network

‘Megyn Kelly was at CBS News the other day. You heard it here, you’re not going to hear it anyplace else,’ veteran journalist Bernard Goldberg claimed this week.

The Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

‘He lied to us’: CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison ‘just can’t be trusted’

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers said new owner David Ellison has broken his promise not to “politicize” the network by installing a Trump loyalist as ombudsman, and courting The Free Press founder Bari Weiss for a senior editorial position

The Independent UK

How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom

Takeover of broadcast companies by Donald Trump’s allies is harbinger of media capitulation to authoritarian leanings

The Guardian - US

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The Guardian - US

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elites

The Guardian - US

‘The war needs to end’: is the US right turning on Israel?

Longstanding ties between US conservatives and Israel face strain as war’s toll and internal rifts reshape the right

Reason

Does the Smoot-Hawley Act Justify the Trump Tariffs? No, Says Philip Zelikow

My Hoover Institution colleague Philip Zelikow was kind enough to pass this along; he is an emeritus history professor at… The post Does the Smoot-Hawley Act Justify the Trump Tariffs? No, Says Philip Zelikow appeared first on Reason.com.

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Trump-appointed lawyer threatens to revoke Wikipedia's non-profit status, putting the online encyclopedia in jeopardy

Is Wikipedia spreading propaganda? Don't ask Ed Martin

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The Independent UK

Usha Vance was asked about JD calling for rehiring of DOGE staffer who posted ‘normalize Indian hate.’ Here’s how she responded

Usha Vance also described what it was like to be booed alongside her husband at the Kennedy Center

Reason

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Reason

Did the U.S. Provoke Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?

Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Fortune

Sam Altman calls Elon Musk a ‘bully’ who enjoys getting into fights with fellow billionaires

Sam Altman clears the air about the very public battle between himself and his OpenAI cofounder Elon Musk.

Reason

CBS Needs a Safe Space for Tony Dokoupil's Critics

Despite the outrage from woke staffers, Ta-Nehisi Coates is hardly upset about the interview.

The Independent UK

‘Like she handed him an AR-15’: Woman could be charged after teenage son killed friend in car crash

Kiernan Tague, 17, had a history of drag racing and disregarding speed limits

The Guardian - US

‘I know it’s not over’: family of slain Detroit Jewish leader refuse to quit fight for justice

After a judge threw out murder charges, Samantha Woll’s family hold out hope the accused man will face another trial

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