HERE WE GO: Bari Weiss: The Free Press is joining Paramount.
As of today, I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations—shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Morning—and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch, and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century.
And curiously, the legacy media is furious that someone who probably has a worldview comparable to that of Bill Clinton circa 1995 has a position of authority with CBS:
"Digital Provocateur" https://t.co/LhdhBlam5K
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 6, 2025
CBS News veterans I've talked to are encouraging Bari Weiss to not mess with the Golden Goose(s) of "60 Minutes" and "CBS News Sunday Morning." We will see if that happens…
The morning and evening news shows are a different story, and obviously the digital operation needs work
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) October 6, 2025
Oh no, not 60 Minutes, the home of Rathergate, Pallywood, and Scott Pelley in 2017 admitting on air the network was in bed with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Brian Stelter, whose Sunday CNN show, “Reliable Sources” was for years a safe haven for Dan Rather, tweets:
In her first note to CBS News staffers, Bari Weiss lists 10 "core journalistic values that have defined this profession since the beginning" and says "I will continue to champion them alongside you:" pic.twitter.com/mFCn1Pg8ON
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 6, 2025
Not surprisingly, Stelter feigns the same cluelessness as all of his fellow Democrats at CBS right now:
CBS News desperately needs someone to supercharge its digital strategy. Maybe The Free Press can help. But staffers reading this morning's memos are left to wonder: What exactly do the new bosses think we're doing wrong?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 6, 2025
Finally (for now), it’s obvious that there’s only one man who should be the new anchor of 60 Minutes:
RT if you think @bariweiss should hire me for 60 Minutes to be their new Andy Rooney on LSD
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 6, 2025