CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss shelved a “60 minutes” segment because she said it needed additional reporting, including an interview with a Trump administration official. Read more
The Washington Post - Dec 24
"No amount of outrage - whether from activist organizations or the White House - will derail us," the CBS News EIC said in a memo sent to staff again defending her last minute decision to pull a segment. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter - Dec 24
Bari Weiss has once again defended her decision to pull a 60 Minutes story on the Trump administration’s deportation of migrants to a prison in El Salvador. Weiss sent a note to staff on Christmas Eve addressing the controversial decision. She said that the majority of Americans say they do not “... Read more
Deadline - Dec 24
Weiss told staff the piece failed to present the Trump administration’s case and would have “done our viewers a disservice” if it aired as is. Read more
New York Post - Dec 22
CBS said it pulled its '60 Minutes' report on the CECOT prison in El Salvador because it needed "additional reporting." Read more
Newsweek - Dec 22
The town hall concept was touted as a major part of that vision by Weiss herself during her interview with Erika Kirk. Read more
Mail Online - Dec 18
The 41-year-old chief also met with Fox News anchor Bret Baier to discuss the potential of hosting the channel's flagship show. Read more
Mail Online - Oct 28
Days earlier, Trump lavished praise on Ellison and his father, Larry Ellison, who now control CBS through their $8.4B Paramount Skydance merger. Read more
New York Post - Oct 16
‘It is especially alarming to have someone doing it who has spent years putting out work that, in my opinion, is at best irresponsible and at worst deeply misleading,” John Oliver declared on Sunday night. Read more
The Independent - Oct 13
Ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather slammed CBS News for acquiring The Free Press for $150 million and naming its founder Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief. Read more
Fox News - Oct 10
