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CBS Information editor-in-chief Bari Weiss allegedly “shocked” the employees behind CBS’ “60 Minutes” by asking them why they believed individuals thought of them biased, a brand new report claimed Sunday.
New York Occasions reported a few assembly between Weiss and the employees on Tuesday forward of an upcoming episode of the information program.
“Bari Weiss, the brand new editor-in-chief of CBS Information, shocked senior employees on the venerable information program ‘60 Minutes’ throughout a gathering on Tuesday when she requested a provocative query: Why does the nation suppose you’re biased?” the Occasions reported.
CBS’ “60 Minutes” has been accused of political bias since a 2024 interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. (Screenshot/CBS Information)
The article continued, “The inquiry was met with shocked awkwardness, in keeping with three individuals who recounted particulars from the personal session in Midtown Manhattan. The employees of ‘60 Minutes,’ the nation’s most-watched information program, view their protection as firmly nonpartisan and reject criticism from President Trump and his allies who argue that it has a liberal slant.”
Weiss reportedly has taken a extra hands-on method to management by serving to to personally e-book community friends herself, together with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Center East coverage advisors Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
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President Donald Trump (left) beforehand filed a lawsuit in opposition to CBS over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. (AP Picture; Reuters Picture; Screenshots/CBS Information)
Weiss can be hoping to crack down on inside leaks concerning her personal conferences at CBS after some memos and studies have already begun leaking.
Regardless of some backlash from liberal journalists, the Occasions reported that some employees members are “hopeful” about Weiss’ management, believing it’s going to convey “some wanted vitality” to the community’s information division.
“Her curiosity in huge interviews and greater audiences has buoyed some CBS journalists, who suppose their community, which has cycled via 5 presidents in 5 years, wants a shake-up. ‘I like to win,’ she instructed a bunch of high producers in her first week,” it reported.
CBS Information editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is reportedly taking a extra direct method to management, in keeping with the New York Occasions. (Noam Galai/Getty Photographs for The Free Press)
Fox Information Digital reached out to CBS and the Free Press for remark.
“60 Minutes” has been the topic of controversy after President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in 2024 alleging CBS Information deceitfully edited an change former Vice President Kamala Harris had with “60 Minutes” correspondent Invoice Whitaker forward of the presidential election.
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CBS and father or mother firm Paramount International later agreed to pay Trump a $16 million settlement in July.
