Political analysts and observers roundly mocked the Trump-aligned leader of CBS News on Monday night after a new report indicated that she could potentially be sidelined from the station’s TV decisions. Dylan Byers at Puck News reported that CBS bosses are considering removing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss from her role overseeing the network’s TV programming. The move came after CBS News was sharply criticized for its interview of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and as ratings continue to slide for the network’s signature show, “CBS Evening
News.” “Bari has endured her role as media punching bag with relative aplomb, refusing to betray exhaustion or vulnerability while seeming to plow ahead with her plans to overhaul the network,” Puck reported. “Meanwhile, Ellison and the Paramount brass have afforded her ample leeway because they genuinely like her, endorse the editorial pivot, and, frankly, have far bigger priorities than the news division. But there are signs that the dynamics are starting to shift.” Political analysts and observers mocked Weiss on social media. “A generational
talent,” journalist Alex Goldman posted on X. “Seems the foreign collusion and propagandizing was even too blatant for the Ellisons,” journalist Julian Andreone posted on X. “Shocking that David Horowitz’s polemic protégée has zero instinct for television as a business — who could possibly have guessed,” Dave Troy, a publisher and writer, posted on X. “Good news!” political analyst Neera Tanden posted on X.
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