Well, well, well…
Isn’t this just chef’s kiss delicious? The woman the New York Times couldn’t cancel hard enough might now be running CBS News. You read that right. Bari Weiss — former NYT columnist, professional Wrongthink practitioner, and one of the few voices who dared ask uncomfortable questions inside the wokest newsroom in America — is about to have the last laugh. And if the media meltdown that’s brewing is any indication, she’s laughing loudly.
Let’s rewind for a second, because you need to understand how much this moment is setting hair on fire at NPR, MSNBC, and every legacy newsroom that’s made diversity their god and dissent their mortal enemy.
In 2020, Bari Weiss wrote what has got to be one of the most brutal resignation letters in journalism history. Not only did she walk out of the Times — she torched the place on the way out. She accused her colleagues of mob-style bullying, ideological gatekeeping, and operating more like an elite Ivy League Tumblr feed than a functioning newsroom. She even dropped the mic on Twitter’s editorial grip over the paper: “Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.” Oof.
And guess what the Times did in response?
Nothing. Crickets. Why? Because she wasn’t wrong. And that’s exactly what terrified them.
But now… now we get to watch the panic set in all over again — because the same woman they tried to publicly shame into silence might soon run CBS News. Yeah, CBS. As in “60 Minutes.” As in the once-respected titan of legacy media that’s spent the last five years slowly turning into MSNBC Lite.
And you just know that newsroom is losing its collective mind right now.
Reports say Paramount, under new Skydance leadership, is on the verge of acquiring Weiss’ Free Press — a refreshingly normal, wildly popular, ideologically diverse media platform — and tapping her for a top executive role at CBS News. Emphasis on “top.” Because this isn’t just some consulting gig. This is editorial control. This is programming. This is influence.
Now, ask yourself: Why would anyone actually do this?
Because even Hollywood moguls are realizing what the coastal elites still can’t admit: The trust in mainstream media is gone. It’s been torched by years of race-obsessed editorials, DEI thinkpieces, and smug cable anchors acting like every person outside of Brooklyn is a backwoods idiot.
So, enter Weiss — a centrist (read: not foaming at the mouth 24/7) who built a media empire without corporate backing and who actually talks to people who disagree with her. Imagine that.
And look, let’s not pretend this doesn’t make the old guard very uncomfortable. There’s already hand-wringing over her “lack of news-gathering experience” (translation: she didn’t sit through enough CNN staff meetings) and her gasp sympathetic interviews with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. Because of course, in the media bubble, having a polite conversation with someone right of Bernie Sanders means you’re basically Steve Bannon.
Weiss is already being accused of not pushing back hard enough on her guests — which is rich coming from an industry that gave glowing airtime to Fauci, Hunter Biden’s laptop deniers, and “mostly peaceful protests” while cities literally burned.
And don’t even get me started on the outrage over Paramount scrapping DEI initiatives. Because that’s the real sacred cow, isn’t it? Never mind journalistic standards. Never mind the public’s complete erosion of trust in the press. No, the existential crisis for these folks is that someone might — might — treat reporters like individuals instead of identity boxes.
The libs on BlueSky are furious:
If you’re mad about CBS giving Bari Weiss hundreds of millions of dollars because she tells oligarchs they’re good people really at least their ratings will be lower than newsmax
— hammancheez (@hammancheez.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“[T]his isn’t about financial prudence. It’s about politics. Ellison is paying not for a strong business asset, but to send a signal to the anti-mainstream media crowd that CBS News is being reshaped,” writes @oliverdarcy.bsky.social about the pending Bari Weiss deal with New Paramount…
— Tim Karr (@timkarr.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I have basically become Ben’s barometer for this website.
I genuinely don’t get the sense in which Bari Weiss is anti-establishment. She’s a right wing journalist under a right wing government who has been associated with various major legacy organisations and who seems to be a part of the literati social scene in journalism.
— lastpositivist.bsky.social (@lastpositivist.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
people like bari weiss make me wish cancel culture were real
— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) September 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And no, I’m not happy about Bari Weiss possibly running CBS News.
Because I care about standards in journalism. I care about reality. And I don’t want someone who frequently misrepresents reality heading up an institution like CBS.
— Walker Bragman (@walkerbragman.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
But here’s the kicker: this isn’t a tantrum over a personnel move. It’s a freakout over losing control. Bari Weiss threatens the monopoly. She threatens the narrative. She threatens the entire idea that truth has to pass through an activist editorial committee before the public is allowed to hear it.
And that’s exactly why this story matters.
We’re watching the beginning of a shift — not just in staffing, but in power. The cathedral of legacy journalism, where dissent was excommunicated and groupthink was canonized, is starting to crack. And it’s cracking because Americans are tired of being lied to, lectured to, and treated like they can’t handle both sides of an argument.
So buckle up. Because if Bari Weiss walks through the front doors of CBS News with her sleeves rolled up, a pen in one hand, and a memo titled “Here’s What We’re Not Doing Anymore”…
You will hear the screams echoing from Manhattan to Malibu.
And frankly? It’s about time.
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