WASHINGTON, DC – APR 24: Bari Weiss talks to other attendees at United Talent Agency’s (UTA) White House Correspondents’ Dinner pre-party at Osteria Mozza in Georgetown.
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Bari Weiss has become a flash point of controversy in her position running CBS News. She’s fired half a dozen senior producers and correspondents at 60 Minutes, the network’s flagship news program. With tumbling ratings and staff revolts, she’s been accused of ruining CBS. But perhaps this accusation doesn’t quite describe her actual goals, which is not running a successful network news operation but rather promoting a right-wing ideology that pleases Donald Trump and her employer, the Ellison family. I take up the controversies surrounding Weiss with David Klion, frequent guest of the program and writer for The Nation and other publications.
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