Big changes are coming to CBS News with the announcement of Bari Weiss as its new editor-in-chief, and the consternation is already beginning. Cries of horror could be heard coming from BlueSky, the far less influential Twitter alternative that left-wingers have turned into a sort of online refugee camp.
The story of Weiss' rise is an interesting one and serves as a case study in how left-wing wokeness can backfire. Back in 2020, she was a rather mundane columnist for The New York Times who had made a name as a bit of an independent voice, including questioning the reliability of the now-defunct "me too" movement. Naturally, the inmates running the asylum over at the Times couldn't abide that and carried out a targeted bullying campaign, forcing her resignation.
From there, she began building her profile on her own. In 2021, she went on with Brian Stelter, explaining to him that press bias surrounding COVID-19 existed. He was less than convinced, almost having an aneurysm on air
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Amid all the criticism, Weiss started The Free Press, which has grown into a massive outlet. That's where CBS News entered the picture, with its parent company, Paramount, purchasing it. Part of that deal was Weiss being given a "high-level" position within the broadcast network's structure. As it turns out, she's essentially at the top of the mountain, bypassing CBS News executives and only answering to Paramount chief David Ellison.
Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.
In a remarkable reshuffle of CBS News’ decades-old management structure, Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison as she helps set the editorial direction at the Tiffany Network’s third-place news division, a source close to the situation said.
It's that arrangement that has Democrats most up in arms. Yes, they are ticked that CBS News hired her in the first place, but they are more ticked that she'll be able to go around the left-wing lunatics to enforce some semblance of standards in the outlet's newsroom. It's subtle, and what it'll add up to has yet to be seen, but there's a shift going on within the mainstream press, and you can expect the hysteria to only increase.
But again, the only reason we got here is because some emotionally stunted interns at the Times couldn't handle moderate viewpoints. That makes this entire situation all the more hilarious.
To be clear, Weiss is not a conservative. She holds some conservative leanings, specifically on free speech and Israel, but she's very much a throwback liberal in other ways. You'd think of all the people to attack, she wouldn't make the list, but the left-wing is so insane and has such institutional capture that anyone who doesn't toe the line on absolutely everything is excommunicated. Well, Weiss got the last laugh here, as did the rest of us who followed her saga.
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