Chaos at the confluence of Corporate Media Oligarchy, Government Regulation, and Mass Media Conflict of Interest ...
https://www.boston.com/news/media/2025/12/23/turmoil-at-cbs-news-after-bari-weiss-pulls-a-60-minutes-segment/Turmoil at CBS News after Bari Weiss pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ segmentSeveral veteran correspondents questioned how Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.By Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times Service
updated on December 23, 2025 | 10:38 AMCBS News remained roiled Monday by fallout from the decision by its new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, to abruptly postpone a segment of Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” that was critical of the Trump administration. ...
... Weiss reports directly to David Ellison, the head of CBS’ parent company, Paramount Skydance, who is making a multibillion-dollar hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the outcome of which Trump has said he’ll be “involved in.” On Monday, Ellison’s father, Larry, the billionaire co-founder of Oracle, announced that he would personally guarantee $40.4 billion in equity as part of the bid. ...
... The segment, reported by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, was first screened for CBS journalists on Dec. 12; Weiss did not attend that screening or four others over the next week, a person with direct knowledge of the screenings said. She watched a video of the segment Thursday night and offered suggestions, which producers integrated into the script. By Friday afternoon, “60 Minutes” had given CBS management the green light to announce and promote the segment to viewers.
Then, around midnight at the end of Friday, less than 48 hours before the segment was set to air, Weiss weighed in again, this time with more substantial requests. She asked producers to add a last-minute interview with Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff — a relatively straightforward task for a print journalist who needs to only make a phone call, but a logistically difficult one in TV news, where a camera and lighting crew is often required. ...
