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Bari Weiss's leadership at CBS News draws sharp criticism

journalismMay 15, 2026444,559

Bari Weiss, appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News, is facing sharp criticism from staff and commentators over recent editorial decisions and on-air errors. Commentators including The Young Turks accused Weiss of steering coverage to favor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert mocked CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil's absence in a segment titled "Where In The World Is Tony Dokoupil." Staff members and outside critics point to repeated editorial mistakes, perceived partisan tilt, and declining newsroom morale as evidence that Weiss's leadership is undermining trust. This matters because CBS News is a major national news outlet whose editorial direction shapes political coverage and public confidence during a consequential news cycle.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
@iwriteok.bsky.social

First Bari Weiss's CBS failed to do any prep work, so Tony Dokoupil was unable to broadcast from Beijing. Now he's been kicked out of his Taipei hotel for broadcasting without their permission. www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

After failing to secure a visa to broadcast from Beijing, Tony Dokoupil was also forced out of his backup location in Taiwan, Status has learned, adding to an embarrassing series of events for the Bari Weiss-led network
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Scrapple Bottom72

I’m high enough for this schadenfreude

Lindsay (Tired Version)61

So many people out there suffering from Imposter Syndrome and Bari Weiss just…doesn’t.

PGDubFan30

She’s really bad at her job, isn’t she, like she was manifestly unqualified!

Jacob Whittaker26

I just know she screamed "Well someone should have told me John did the overseas paperwork before I fired him!" and it was not the first time anyone in the office had heard her make a similar complaint but she still hasn't had a single moment of self reflection

Julia Is Moisturized, Unbothered, Not Asking for Money18

Bari’s really covering herself in glory she probably fired all the competent people in the travel department because they were Black and Latina ladies

Michael Matuzak15

Fucking amateur hour over there

yazikus13

Wild how rules work when you can't just pull strings.

Jenny Lens, Punk Pioneers Photographer9

Schadenfreude. Stephen Colbert eating popcorn and wearing 3D glasses. Trump and Bari Weiss and CBS and whomever degrading what we watch. Including kicking Colbert to the curb. While CBS cannot even set up coverage of Trump in China. Way to go, CBS!

Wingofbenu7

lmao theyre calling her the most qualified newscaster ever

Proportionwheel6

I cannot escape, and do enjoy, the suspicion that there’s a layer or two of support staff at CBS News that passively resist by just playing ignorant.

pershing48.bsky.social4

He's going to be starting off Whiskey Friday really early tomorrow (or today for him?)

pavlek3

When they won't give you whisky fridays, you create your own

Emanuel Brown3

Laissez les bon temps rouler

Ian3

On the one hand <nelson laugh>. Then realizing it just sucks feeling they continue to do this to tarnish real journalism <cry’s in Kirk Van Houten>

greatgrapeape.bsky.social2

I read that the hotel was NOT happy with hair man's aggressive description of China relative to Taiwan and asked him to broadcast someplace else.

PNW Lark2

Someone in legal knew, and let them fuck it up anyway.

Tim Yocum2

Whiskey Thursdays am I right

Lyle Scout2

She enshittified CBS in record time.

Fuzz Litebeer2

I like to think Dan Rather us laughing at this. His ass was reporting from the jungles of Vietnam and these mfers can't even do paper work. 😂

EveryZig3142

PRC 🤝 Taiwan Sick of this idiot

d1fferentp3rson.bsky.social2

A deep fall from CBS' days of having someone like William Shirer reporting from Germany before and during WWII.

Brandon Downey2

I do recommend the Kavalan for whisky Friday's though.

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

"Israel to Bari Weiss: 'Thank You'" The CBS News editor-in-chief let Netanyahu choose who would interview him. Plus, the pro-Israel pressure campaign against the New York Times’s Nick Kristof falls flat. This week's Ragebait media column from Zeteo:

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