Substack alleges Bari Weiss led pro‑Israel purge of CBS News

journalismApr 29, 20268159

Justin Baragona's Substack piece claims Bari Weiss played a central role in reshaping CBS News' international coverage toward a pro‑Israel stance.

Zeteo

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In tonight’s edition of 'Ragebait' from @justinbaragona.bsky.social , we take a behind-the-scenes look at how Bari Weiss blew up CBS News’ international news coverage. Plus, another prominent news outlet is telling its staffers to love Israel or leave. zeteo.com/p/behind-the...

7890d ago

Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona.bsky.social

NEW from me: I have some new behind-the-scenes details on Bari Weiss's ouster of CBS News London bureau chief Claire Day, including the freelance cameraman who boasted about having a "direct line" to Bari Weiss and called the bureau a "Hamas cell." zeteo.com/p/behind-the...

5390d ago

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)

@newsjennifer.bsky.social

CBS News is quickly becoming a pro-Trump, pro-Israel propaganda network. Just this week, 60 Minutes heavily edited another Trump interview to sanewash his unhinged comments AND the longtime London bureau chief was pushed out because she didn't share Weiss' political ideology. Read @status.news:

The news jolted CBS News staffers, rippling through the organization—particularly its international arm, which is quarterbacked out of London. But behind the scenes, tensions between the stridently pro-Israel Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss and Day had been simmering for months. In fact, Status has learned that Weiss had been pushing to remove Day from her post well before Monday’s announcement.
According to people familiar with the matter, Weiss expressed strong disdain for Day on her very first day on the job, believing she was biased against Israel and overly sympathetic to the Palestinian side. On that October day, Weiss made her complaints known to senior leaders inside CBS News, alarming some who heard her make derogatory comments about the Middle East coverage flowing out of London. In one instance, according to a person familiar with the matter, Weiss remarked that the London bureau was supposedly so biased against Israel, “they might as well be Hamas.”
“She was on the warpath from day one,” a CBS News insider told Status.

2091d ago

Beaver Bones Robertson

@darickr.bsky.social

Who could have seen THAT coming? Just wait until Colbert leaves,.. "(Bari Weiss') decisions have turned off even more of their shrinking audience," the executive said. "These declines are part of a larger and deeper crisis at CBS News." www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-2...

390d ago

Lynnell Mickelsen

@lynnellmick.bsky.social

Junger is a 64-year-old White guy; went to prep boarding school. Spent a lot of time with elite white guys; then a lot of time in war zones. Had his first kids at age 55. Writing seems to be getting even more right-wing as he enters old age. Perfect for Bari Weiss' old Free Press.

490d ago