Journos Are Losing It At New Pick To Lead CBS News

Social media posts on Friday showed left-wing journalists and public figures are furious about CBS News picking The Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss as its new editor-in-chief.

CBS News’ parent company, Paramount, is expected to announce a deal to buy The Free Press, which Weiss co-founded with her spouse Nellie Bowles, and make her the new editor-in-chief as part of the deal. Liberals on social media are raging about elevating Weiss to the prominent role, complaining about her pro-Israel stance and failure to subscribe to and promote far-left ideologies.

“CBS News is naming Bari Weiss Editor in Chief, which will make CBS News useless,” The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur said. “She is indisputably biased towards Israel. In fact, that’s why she was hired. According to @nypost, ‘Weiss’s strong pro-Israel stance is one of the factors that is said to have appealed to David Ellison.”

MSNBC host Chris Hayes compared Weiss to Vice President J.D. Vance and said they have “very similar skills,” implying that she is a right-winger who aligns with President Donald Trump. Weiss does not identify as conservative and notably has politically centrist views.

“Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills,” Hayes wrote on BlueSky, a left-wing social media site.

Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM