The leftists on social media have hilariously caricatured CBS News under new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss as “CBS Newsmax,” like it’s lurched dramatically to the right. But if you’re monitoring CBS in real life, there’s plenty of evidence that “classic CBS” is still operating. In recent days, CBS has proven to be worse than ABC and NBC in its tilt to the left.
Topic: Bari Weiss
Liberal Media in Meltdown After Bari Weiss Cuts “60 Minutes” Segment
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss sparked outrage at the network on Sunday after she pulled a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s infamous prison off the air.
Media Blame Bari Weiss for Yanking “60 Minutes” Story
There can be legitimate questions about the status of Venezuelans being held at CECOT, but to claim “corporate censorship” when the story has been aired recently, smacks of Sharyn Alfonsi throwing a email tantrum because her work got held up for lacking balance. And Bari Weiss’s statement is apparently not good enough for self-important potatoes like Brian Stelter.
Biased Media Needs a Complete Culture Change
Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post are trying, but they’re sure to meet resistance.
Visits to The Free Press Soar 44% in September
Traffic to the site, which was just acquired by the Trump-friendly Paramount, rose more than any right-wing news outlet in September except for the Trump-controlled Truth Social (+51%). Since September 2023, The Free Press’s first full year of operation, visits swelled 134%, more than any other website TheRighting monitors.
CBS News Staffers “Utterly Depressed” Now That a Real Journalist Is in Charge
The memo landed with a thud in the inboxes of CBS News staffers on Monday.
Liberal Media, Activists Silent as Bari Weiss Makes LGBT History at CBS News
Bari Weiss made history this week as the first openly LGBT journalist to lead a major network newsroom. Paramount announced Monday that Weiss, the former New York Times opinion writer who founded the Free Press, would serve as editor in chief of CBS News. Alas, the landmark achievement was largely ignored by media outlets and LGBT activist groups that purport to celebrate diversity and inclusion.
Good Luck to Bari Weiss at CBS News
The legacy media have lost the trust of the public and are in dire need of reform.
Media Flip Out As Bari Weiss Becomes CBS News Editor-in-Chief
Deanna Fisher: I’m going to run out of popcorn watching these elitist hacks throw their temper tantrums because Bari Weiss wants to reform CBS News into an actual journalism outlet, instead of a propaganda machine for the left. She dared question the leftist orthodoxy of woke, built her own media company, and now she is in charge of one of their sacred cows.
The Free Press Among Only 3 Right-Wing News Outlets to Post August Traffic Gains
The Free Press, the right-tilting company co-founded by former New York Times journalist Bari Weiss in 2022, generated a 4% increase in YOY visits. It had more visits than established right-wing news brands like the National Review, the Washington Free Beacon and The Federalist.