’60 Minutes’ Staff ‘Stunned’ by New CBS Boss Bari Weiss’ ‘Biased’ Allegation
Just days after taking over as editor-in-chief of CBS News, Bari Weiss has reportedly already rocked the boat with some of her staffers. The New York Times published a report on Sunday, October 19, about alleged tension between Weiss and the staff of 60 Minutes following a meeting on Tuesday, October 14.
Weiss reportedly asked the staff, “Why does the country think you’re biased?”
“The inquiry was met with stunned awkwardness, according to three people who recounted details from the private session in Midtown Manhattan,” Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin wrote in the New York Times piece. “The staff of 60 Minutes, the nation’s most-watched news program, view their coverage as firmly nonpartisan and reject criticism from President [Donald] Trump and his allies who argue that it has a liberal slant.”
President Trump sued CBS News’ parent company, Paramount Global, in 2024, claiming 60 Minutes deceptively edited an interview with Kamala Harris in her favor. Trump and Paramount Global reached a $16 million settlement earlier this year, which has brought the media company under much scrutiny.
Weiss just became the editor-in-chief of CBS News on October 6, but has wasted no time making waves. According to the NYT report, there has been a mixed reaction among CBS News staff to their new leader.
“Some staff members are hopeful that Ms. Weiss will bring some needed energy and ideas to a news division that has struggled to adapt to the digital age,” Grynbaum and Mullin added. “Her interest in big interviews and bigger audiences has buoyed some CBS journalists, who think their network, which has cycled through five presidents in five years, needs a shake-up.”
The journalists also reported that Weiss is “impressing” some top executives at CBS, while “confounding” others. Plus, they noted, she has already been personally involved in some interview bookings with subjects who are right-leaning.
“Ms. Weiss, an ardent supporter of Israel … helped book an interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister,” the report said. “She later worked with 60 Minutes producers to land Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the architects of President Trump’s Middle East peace plan, for this Sunday’s episode.”
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G
Canceling my Parmount+ subscription. Cowards. They just don't get it and contributed to propping up this authoritarian regime.
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The people uncomfortable with CNN or any other real news coverage want it to be like Fox News—a completely biased PR wing of Trump’s Republican party. It’s not biased in their direction, and that’s why those people find it uncomfortable. Most people are fine with CNN, although now that they’ve thrown in with Trump, that could change. We already have one completely biased “news” channel. Do we really need all channels to become state run media like Russia has. Bari needs to go.
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Note the totalitarian use of the phrase "the country." "Why does 'the country' think you're biased?" Who is this "country," & who gets to decide what it "thinks?" Journalists who do their jobs make powerful people uncomfortable every single day. Powerful people attribute their feeling of discomfort to media "bias" ("hey, the people who work for me never make me feel this way!"). Weiss was hired to make that feeling of discomfort go away. All else is smoke & mirrors. Peace.
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Very concerned about Zionists takeover of US news outlets.
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This will end well
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J
I have stopped watching CBS News & 60 Minutes as it will become another "rag magazine show". Terrible that such a great news show which had stood the test of time is now over. I hope more people do the same and that CBS loses a lot of money over their support for Trump as they deserve that and, let's hope Bari Weiss gets fired in time. Where are the people with the balls to get rid of her and others?
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The woman has no actual television news experience, and seems to be getting down on both knees service both Ellison and Trump, that's gonna leave stains , and not just on her clothes, but her reputation as well !
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If you couldn’t see the bias it’s strictly because they were swinging your way. PERIOD! Open your ears and listen for a change!
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It simply appears the new take charge person Weiss is up to mindig the. thumgs direction of our current president!
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I watched the interview with Jared and Steve and felt for once that I didn't go away from 60 minutes feeling hopeless. I felt it was a unbiased interview and still felt informed
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Bari Weiss is probably the best thing to happen to CBS. I am really excited about this appointment. Good luck Bari!
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