Blockbuster NYT Report Reveals Bari Weiss Stunned '60 Minutes' Staff By Asking Them

[Mr. Sparkle]

Blockbuster NYT Report Reveals Bari Weiss Stunned ’60 Minutes’ Staff By Asking Them ‘Why Does the Country Think You’re Biased?’

As the media industry watches what Bari Weiss will do as editor in chief of CBS News, a blockbuster report from inside the network reveals Weiss has already rankled veterans at the network’s flagship news show. According to a Sunday feature by Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin in The New York Times, Weiss put staffers at 60 Minutes on edge by asking: “Why does the country think you’re biased?”

“The inquiry was met with stunned awkwardness, according to three people who recounted details from the private session in Midtown Manhattan,” Grynbaum and Mullin wrote. “The staff of ’60 Minutes,’ the nation’s most-watched news program, view their coverage as firmly nonpartisan and reject criticism from President [Donald] Trump and his allies who argue that it has a liberal slant.”

Weiss has already rocked the boat quite a bit since taking the top job at CBS News on Oct. 6. Grynbaum and Mullin report that she has been “impressing some” top CBS news executives and talent, and “confounding others.” She is also said to be displeased by leaks from inside her new shop. The Times report revealed Weiss has been “urging executives to identify the leakers in the newsroom.” And Weiss has personally gotten involved with some high-profile bookings which — notably — involve right-leaning newsmakers.

“Ms. Weiss, an ardent supporter of Israel … helped book an interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister,” Grynbaum and Mullin wrote. “She later worked with ’60 Minutes’ producers to land Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the architects of President Trump’s Middle East peace plan, for this Sunday’s episode.”

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Premise of question is biased. It's like the "have you stopped beating your wife" question. . . . nt

[SomedayKindaLove]

2. Because they've been brainwashed by Trump?

[snowybirdie]

3. I hear her picks

tonight are son in law and friend who brokered peace deal. Will they be asked about the bombings today?

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Because Weiss believes that whatever she thinks is what "the country" thinks? (nt)

[newdeal2]

6. She got paid $150 million for this

Her job is to mold CBS into a more conservative outlet.

[0rganism]

5. If it were an honest question asked in good faith, there's a legit discussion to be had about origins of perceived bias

Unfortunately, as is, we have a dishonest crudely-premised question posed with a vile agenda, intended to intimidate and suppress opposition to adopting a new nakedly right-wing orientation.

[Klarkashton]

7. They hope that Trump won't sue them with her

In charge.

She is the one that promised the idea that the best way to handle the Nazi problem in this country is to ignore them.

[BannonsLiver]

8. 60 Minutes is over as far as I'm concerned.

CBS will be indistinguishable from Fox within a few months. I do note the unintentionally hilarious irony of having Jared and that other clown on tonight to crow about a peace deal in Gaza that is coming undone in real time.

[NCDem47]

10. The package is going to air as rainbows and unicorns.

Leslie MIGHT mention at beginning or end that the “deal” has already been broken. It will all look so tone deaf. But…it’s propaganda now, so who cares what the reality is.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. Because Truth has a Liberal Bias

End of explanation.

[UTUSN]

11. So much for her "honored" memo in taking over. By "the country" she means her & her MAGAt masters.