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"Newsroom culture clash" at CBS News

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CBS News staffers ‘pretty salty’ over Gayle King’s passionate defense of Bari Weiss: ‘Utter disappointment’

Exclusive: ‘She’s not going to say anything against the person who will determine her job status. This was her only play,” one network insider said.
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff 'we're toast' if they continue on current path

CBS News chief Bari Weiss told her staff that “we're toast” if the network continues with its current business strategy and invoked legendary newsman Walter Cronkite as a symbol of old thinking.
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Here is more on the Chief editor at CBS News.
 
Mark Roberts said:
Phrenology could help him find the hole in his head.

The New York Times described Huberman as part of the "manosphere" in its story today on Weiss's all-hands meeting.

Time for some Cake.

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The Intellectual Dark Web people seem like a very strange variation on MAGA. Its like a lot of them truly do like Trump, but weirdly afraid to say so, so they coyly beat around the bush a lot and say a lot of MAGA-adjacent things while trying to distance themselves by assigning themselves these strange eclectic beliefs.
 
tall_guy1 said:
The Intellectual Dark Web people seem like a very strange variation on MAGA. Its like a lot of them truly do like Trump, but weirdly afraid to say so, so they coyly beat around the bush a lot and say a lot of MAGA-adjacent things while trying to distance themselves by assigning themselves these strange eclectic beliefs.
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Not everything can and should be blamed on MAGA.

In this case, CBS is trying to overcome its almost etched-in-stone position as 3rd out of 3 network news providers while dealing with the enormous decline in network viewing via OTA TV stations.

They brought in someone with not just experience in new media but experience with a certain degree of innovation in that field. I admire the gamble that the executive suite is taking to try to jump start a stalled machine. I also think, like with many instances of innovation, that we will see some errors and stumbles.

I'm reminded of the Apple Newton. I bought one. It was my mistake and their colossal failure. But Apple went on to introduce the iPod and the iPhone and the iPad and iWatch and prospered. They spent about half a decade trying to make the Newton viable, but no matter what they did it failed... and they moved on.

CBS has been in a hole, and kept digging it deeper. Now they are trying to build a ladder. There is room for a different approach.
 
davideduardo said:
Not everything can and should be blamed on MAGA.

In this case, CBS is trying to overcome its almost etched-in-stone position as 3rd out of 3 network news providers while dealing with the enormous decline in network viewing via OTA TV stations.

They brought in someone with not just experience in new media but experience with a certain degree of innovation in that field. I admire the gamble that the executive suite is taking to try to jump start a stalled machine. I also think, like with many instances of innovation, that we will see some errors and stumbles.

I'm reminded of the Apple Newton. I bought one. It was my mistake and their colossal failure. But Apple went on to introduce the iPod and the iPhone and the iPad and iWatch and prospered. They spent about half a decade trying to make the Newton viable, but no matter what they did it failed... and they moved on.

CBS has been in a hole, and kept digging it deeper. Now they are trying to build a ladder. There is room for a different approach.
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Yes, but if you go online there's a lot of people out there on platforms, Weiss and some people she brings on, among others on spaces like YouTube, feels like there's a lot of people who express very right-leaning beliefs but stop short at calling themselves MAGA. For example, I listened to a podcast with Kati Morton (YouTube psychologist/therapist)and her husband Sean years ago and nearly every opinion expressed was very right leaning but they basically said, "we have no party. We're independent." Same with Rogan for years, and Whitney Cummings seems to be in the same boat possibly. It's kind of like a lot of them have kind of this strange restraint on them for outwardly being on that side. Not exclusive of course to CBS, but see it a lot online. But yes, that's a good analogy..might be the start of them trying to find a way up.
 
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I'm reminded of the Apple Newton. I bought one. It was my mistake and their colossal failure. But Apple went on to introduce the iPod and the iPhone and the iPad and iWatch and prospered. They spent about half a decade trying to make the Newton viable, but no matter what they did it failed... and they moved on.

CBS has been in a hole, and kept digging it deeper. Now they are trying to build a ladder. There is room for a different approach.
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Wrong tech analogy. This is like Tesla's announcement that they're going to discontinue most of their cars and replace them with robots.
www.nbcnews.com

Elon Musk says Tesla will stop producing its S and X models as it shifts to making robots

The two models helped move electric vehicles from the consumer fringe into the mainstream.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
 
kevtronics said:
Wrong tech analogy. This is like Tesla's announcement that they're going to discontinue most of their cars and replace them with robots.
www.nbcnews.com

Elon Musk says Tesla will stop producing its S and X models as it shifts to making robots

The two models helped move electric vehicles from the consumer fringe into the mainstream.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
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I agree with your analogy, but, to be clear---Tesla's discontinuing 2/5ths of its vehicle models (the Model 3, Model Y, and...incredibly...the Cybertruck, will continue to be produced.

The Model S has been on the market for 14 years with only running changes and slight refreshes and the Model X is nine years old, with essentially the same treatment. Combined, they only sold 20,000 copies of those two models last year---a tiny fraction of their overall volume of 590,000 vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2025.

The other story here is that the Model Y and Cybertruck are built at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. It'll be easy to move Model 3 production there from the Fremont, California plant and free that up for this robot thing.
 
TheBigA said:
Remember where she's from. She has no experience in network TV news. She's never worked for a network news division. So all of that is foreign to her. She's all about creating videos for social media and having people comment on them. There's money to be made, but it's a very different business.

This concept of creating programs for linear TV affiliate stations is something she's never done. Yes she can get people talking. This thread is 22 pages, so people are talking. But it has no relation to what they've done before, because that's not her experience.

Let's go up a level. David Ellison has never been in the network TV business either. He makes movies with Tom Cruise. He's never had to deal with advertisers, affiliates, or anything like this. It's the blind leading the blind. But they have a lot of money, so they now own it.
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True but the people who do have TV management experience such as the current president of CBS News and the chairman of Paramount TV division have to deal not just the blind leading the blind it’s also they have to deal with having suggestions for their respective divisions get either shelved or overturned by David Ellison and Bari Weiss. How George Cheeks and Tom Cibrowski advises Weiss and Ellison or keep the sanity within CBS News are factor here.

Paramount Press Express | CBS Entertainment | Executives | George Cheeks

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Tom Cibrowski

President and Executive Editor, CBS News
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Weiss is looking to make changes at Face the Nation, according to this Substack:

robshuter.substack.com

EXCLUSIVE: CBS WANTS YOUNGER, HOTTER, AND MALE HOST FOR FACE THE NATION

EXPERIENCE IS OUT — AND “HEADLINE HUNKS” ARE IN
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Excerpt:

Sources tell Naughty But Nice that Bari Weiss isn’t just quietly circling Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan — she wants her gone. And she’s shopping for a replacement with a very specific wishlist: younger, hotter, and male.

Insiders say Weiss has fully entered her “headline hunks” era, favoring glossy, camera-ready men over seasoned internal talent. Inside CBS, the buzz is that Tony Dokoupil and Matt G. are already considered part of this unofficial heartthrob brigade — a look-first, disrupt-later crew Bari openly admires.

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(Isn't that was some of what Dirty Laundry was about?)

Can't wait for the Eric Sevareid centerfold.
 
davideduardo said:
Not everything can and should be blamed on MAGA.

In this case, CBS is trying to overcome its almost etched-in-stone position as 3rd out of 3 network news providers while dealing with the enormous decline in network viewing via OTA TV stations.

They brought in someone with not just experience in new media but experience with a certain degree of innovation in that field. I admire the gamble that the executive suite is taking to try to jump start a stalled machine. I also think, like with many instances of innovation, that we will see some errors and stumbles.

I'm reminded of the Apple Newton. I bought one. It was my mistake and their colossal failure. But Apple went on to introduce the iPod and the iPhone and the iPad and iWatch and prospered. They spent about half a decade trying to make the Newton viable, but no matter what they did it failed... and they moved on.

CBS has been in a hole, and kept digging it deeper. Now they are trying to build a ladder. There is room for a different approach.
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We already have a "Donald Trump can no wrong" network
 
Mark Roberts said:
Weiss is looking to make changes at Face the Nation, according to this Substack:

robshuter.substack.com

EXCLUSIVE: CBS WANTS YOUNGER, HOTTER, AND MALE HOST FOR FACE THE NATION

EXPERIENCE IS OUT — AND “HEADLINE HUNKS” ARE IN
robshuter.substack.com robshuter.substack.com

Excerpt:

Sources tell Naughty But Nice that Bari Weiss isn’t just quietly circling Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan — she wants her gone. And she’s shopping for a replacement with a very specific wishlist: younger, hotter, and male.

Insiders say Weiss has fully entered her “headline hunks” era, favoring glossy, camera-ready men over seasoned internal talent. Inside CBS, the buzz is that Tony Dokoupil and Matt G. are already considered part of this unofficial heartthrob brigade — a look-first, disrupt-later crew Bari openly admires.

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(Isn't that was some of what Dirty Laundry was about?)

Can't wait for the Eric Sevareid centerfold.
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Jeez, Bari, just put Face the Nation on OnlyFans and be done with it.
 
Hope the same stuff we are watching does not extend to the Paramount owned CBS affiliates. Check out this announcement when local Paramount owned CBS affiliates have to announce a new GM change for their Sacramento and San Francisco affiliates they had to include who the president of the Local TV division is because of all the drama surrounding Bari Weiss and David Ellison.

Hope Bari Weiss does not meddle on the local news end.

www.cbsnews.com

Jennifer Mitchell

President, Stations and Digital for CBS News and Stations
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

thedesk.net

Scott Warren to oversee local CBS stations in San Francisco, Sacramento

Warren will continue leading innovation efforts, including AR and VR studios, across Northern California CBS stations.
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After four years of leading two CBS-owned television stations in San Francisco, Scott Warren is adding two more Northern California stations to his oversight.

On Thursday, CBS parent company Paramount announced Warren will become the Vice President and General Manager of KOVR (Channel 13, CBS) and KMAX (Channel 31) in Sacramento while continuing to serve in the same role for San Francisco-area stations KPIX (Channel 5, CBS) and KPYX (Channel 44).

Warren reports to Jennifer Mitchell, the President of CBS News and Stations, the local broadcast arm of Paramount.
The local station division, led by Mitchell, is co-owned with CBS News, but operated separate from the national news division, insulating it from criticism lobbed at “CBS Evening News” and “60 Minutes” over the past few weeks.
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