Bari Weiss among guests at David Ellison dinner 'honoring' Trump

journalismApr 27, 2026371,987

David Ellison hosted a dinner described as 'honoring' Donald Trump that included guests Bari Weiss and Norah O'Donnell. Trump earlier slammed Norah O'Donnell during a 60 Minutes interview, calling her 'disgraceful' for asking about a gunman's manifesto. Weiss's attendance alongside a journalist Trump publicly attacked underscores tensions over access and press independence and raises questions about ties between media figures and political power.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)

@newsjennifer.bsky.social

Let me get this straight: Bari Weiss has radically edited the new Trump interview on 60 Minutes? Let's not forget that Weiss lost her mind over standard editing of a Kamala Harris interview in 2024. But as Juliet shows, this Trump editing goes way beyond standard broadcast practices. Good grief.

I went through both and made a transcript of exactly what was included and what was cut from the shorter version that aired on network television. The final 13-minute edit that CBS broadcast on Sunday was a bit of a Frankenstein monster as the president was sometimes cut off mid-sentence while other sections were cut and moved around to give the conversation a better flow.

Throughout the longer un-edited interview the president gave disorganized rambling answers that were filled with false statements about foreign investment in the U.S., immigration, and the 2020 election. He also brought up transgender athletes more than once and trashed the Democratic Party and the members of the press.

102544d ago

jack37

well we’ve recently established this is a tort, so time for the dems to sue

maraleia17

Also, they violated their own settlement deal with Donald. Fuck them forever.

Deborah9

Can we sue them for editing him? Some kind of class action suit?

Cancel & Gretel9

I’m beginning to think she isn’t operating in good faith

SkiSkinnySkis9

According to Trump and Bari, isn't this grounds for a massive lawsuit against CBS?

Grumpy Rootbeer4

Trump is currently suing the BBC for editing him!

shafm.bsky.social2

The BBC would like a word too.

Wine Bunny2

Nothing is ever on the level with the right. Nothing. Why do liberals keep being shocked by their contradictions and hypocrisy?

Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹

@alcappuccinoit.bsky.social

A little surprised Bari Weiss didn’t squelch that 60 Minutes interview. Her boy’s hemorrhaging online.

46845d ago

Missybristol9

He's hemorrhaging? Don't threaten me with a good time!

𝚁𝚊𝚢𝟶𝚏𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎🇺🇦✊6

I’m thinking Norah O’Donnell may be the sacrificial lamb after that interview.

keechiep.bsky.social2

He showed everyone once again what an angry arrogant narcissistic prick he is! I kept 60 mins on and the juxtaposition of having the lying monster on and then immediately after a decent man like Ben Sass on was a clear line between evil and good.

If We do not Own Ourselves, We Own Nothing2

He probably thought it went great, he is delusional and surrounded by delusion enablers

Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona.bsky.social

NEWS: CBS News London bureau chief Claire Day is out. A memo this morning says the the bureau will be under new leadership, with a Foreign Editor overseeing international coverage. Bari Weiss just hired the WSJ's Shayndi Raice, whom one source called a "raging Israel-First Zionist" for the role.

8844d ago

Johnny Appleweed5

I'm curious to see if CBS News's 20 remaining viewers will appreciate it.

Jim Fry3

It turns out the right wing’s decades-long attack on the news media was another form of projection — they accusing others of how the would (are now) behave.

Melissa Stewart

@lissajostewart.bsky.social

Bari Weiss is a heinous person and there are a million reasons to criticize her, so if you choose to attack her for the size of her body, you are both fatphobic and embarrassingly unoriginal.

6144d ago

Kevin O'Malley

@holyshitimfucked.com

The nazis are always claiming that they want a meritocracy and then they put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS news and a drunk fox news helmet head in charge of the US military.

7745d ago

The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast.bsky.social

Bari Weiss fired a top CBS editor after tensions flared over coverage of Trump’s war in Iran and the war in Gaza, according to a report. https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-curious-cbs-boss-bari-weiss-claims-a-new-scalp-after-clash/

3144d ago

nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir)

@nora.zone

i appreciate that you have deep and specific beef with both bari weiss and multiple varieties of shoddy trash bags

2645d ago

TBogg+

@tbogg.bsky.social

Let‘s give a big shout-out to all the Ivy League colleges that told Bari Weiss’s dumb tag-along sister, Suzy: “Have you considered a JuCo? We also hear good things about cosmetology school. I think we have some brochures. This one looks nice. See? Pretty!”

1545d ago

John M. Cunningham

@jmcunning.bsky.social

This piece is indeed very dumb, but I need to point out that it was written by Bari Weiss's sister Suzy. (Not that you said otherwise, but a lot of people replying seem to have assumed it was written by Bari herself.)

1945d ago

Nostradumass

@nostradumass.bsky.social

60 Minutes asks tough questions and never throw softballs to interviewees. This has been there style for decades but may change if Bari Weiss keeps tinkering with editorial policy and drives it into oblivion. She has already done it to CBS News Radio which shuts down next month.

845d ago

Richard Bellikoff

@bellikoff.bsky.social

She should have ended the interview at that point and walked off the set and told him she wasn't going to put up with his abuse. Let Bari Weiss put that on the air.

1845d ago

Daily Grail

@dailygrail.com

Subscribe to Bari Weiss' The Free Press to hear Michael Shermer's thoughts on UFOs? LOL no. 😂

1145d ago

M. Belanger4

Hasn’t he been binned for being a sex pest yet? Sheesh.

Kay Orchison3

Wow that's a layer cake of 'you can't make me'

sg1954.bsky.social

@sg1954.bsky.social

Paramount CEO David Ellison hosted a private dinner “honoring” Trump while awaiting DOJ approval of his $111B merger. At Trump’s table: Acting AG Todd Blanche — the man whose office decides if the deal goes through. Also there: Rubio, Miller, Bari Weiss, Norah O’Donnell. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

745d ago

Elbows Up, eh 🇨🇦

@abunchofmalarkey.bsky.social

Weijia Jiang is a Chinese-born American television journalist and reporter. She is based in Washington, D.C., and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS News since July 2018. Bari Weiss tells her what to write.

1145d ago

Callie Dot Dot Dot

@calliedot.bsky.social

I don’t know why they made Bari Weiss when we already had Barry Weiss on Storage Wars. Totally unnecessary and even offensive reboot.

1044d ago

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