Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk

[demmiblue]

Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of CBS News, is scheduled to moderate a network town hall event with Erika Kirk, the widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Guardian has learned.

The event will air on 13 December at 8pm and will focus on “grief, faith, politics, and more”, according to internal marketing materials.

According to an unpublicized online form soliciting potential attendees, the event will actually be recorded on 10 December at 12pm in New York City.

The town hall is a notable bit of programming for Weiss, who took on her role in October with a mandate to bring more balance – including a variety of political perspectives – to the network. When she was appointed by David Ellison, the president of CBS News’ parent company, Paramount Skydance, some journalists at the network expressed skepticism about her ability to do the job, considering her lack of experience working in television.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/03/bari-weiss-erika-kirk-cbs-town-hall

[sabbat hunter]

1. I am sure

this will be a fair and balanced town hall that will put Fox News to shame. /sarcasm

[womanofthehills]

10. The huge news over on podcast world & X

Is the huge fight between Turning Points and Candace. Candace has accused Turning Points of hiding info and being super sleezy and now Turning Points is fighting back accusing Candace off stuff - and inviting Candace to respond to them. Being Candace is one of the top two podcasts in the world - this is getting hot. More Republican Civil war stuff going on as Candace has gotten tons of death threats & Turning Points guys lots of death threats too.

Weiss is probably bringing out Erica to try to calm things down.

Candace might take Turning Points down. Looks like the top people running it - Candace says lots of ex military pastors - made millions.

[beaglelover]

2. I'll be sure to miss it.

[thucythucy]

3. Anyone remember Ann Coulter's comment about 9 11 widows

enjoying their husband's deaths?

Not that any of us would ever be so cruel, but this announcement did bring that little bit of ring wing tastelessness to mind.

[newdeal2]

4. Buried on a Saturday night

Matlock reruns would have better ratings than that junk.

[SocialDemocrat61]

5. Bari Weiss is dedicated to becoming

theLeni Riefenstahl of the 21st century

[fujiyamasan]

12. Not as talented

[La Coliniere]

6. Bari continually bares her defective moral compass...

She remains as obnoxious as ever.

[Prairie Gates]

7. Unfortunately I will be clipping my toenails so I will have to miss it

Next time, next time.

[UTUSN]

8. Because she's so even handed.

[spanone]

9. 8pm on a Saturday night....

[BlueNProud]

11. Both Weiss and Kirk are despised by a good chunk of MAGA.

[fujiyamasan]

14. Yep, I see this as a desperate attempt to keep Kirk relevant

They’re not getting the traction they thought they could. Time to start milking it again.

This is also a way to fire a salvo at the Fuentes/Carlson wing which is gaining more influence among the base. Weiss is a hack. That wing will eat her alive. No sympathy for either side. Hope they destroy each other.

[BlueNProud]

16. Even MAGA sees thru Kirk and the MAGA anti Semites despise Weiss

Weiss is overpaying her hand as all these assholes seem to do. She had sx pest Barstool Dave on CBS to complain about anti Semitism recently. She conveniently ignore the literal Nazi sewer that is the MAGA base.

[womanofthehills]

19. Well - Kirk was really pissing off his pro war mega donors

Kirk went from making fun of Muslims to eventually questioning the mass killings in Gaza. He no longer was pro Israel as he had been for yrs. He refused to visit Netanyahu and accept millions from him for Turning Points which really angered many at Turning points who said they lost millions because of Charlie Kirk. (Candace quoted a Turning Points reference person very upset because they could have made a million in this transaction- just saying- who knows)


Charlie had a catch -22. All the young Republicans kids were increasing becoming anti war and they were no longer going along with his pro- Israel message. All the kids were seeing dead babies on their phones and would not stop questioning Kirk about his war views. So in July 2025 the at the big Turning Point event in Florida .he got his donors really mad by having Tucker at at this event giving an anti war message (against his donors wishes who said he could not invite Tucker) & the biggie - he invites Jewish Libertarian top podcaster/comic Dave Smith to debate about the war in Gaza with Josh Hammer. So, the kids loved Dave over Hammer. The donors were insane as Kirk’s donors pay for a huge event where the Libertarian wins over the Republican. Friends close to Charlie said Charlie had become anti war. At this point, Candace said Charlie who was always afraid of being killed, was becoming obsessed he would soon be killed.

So now Candace won’t drop it and there is a mega fight between Candace & Turning Points - which has made Candace the number one podcast in the world this past week.

So in the Republican Civil War - Tucker, Candace (who recently said she hates Trump, MTG, Massie, Rand Paul, Alex Jones, Milo, Dave Smith, Clint Russel etc vs Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Josh Hammer, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, etc and Trump.

Most online favorite group one - why Trump’s numbers are dropping. CNN said Trump is -45 for Independents. Group one likes Charlie because he changed to anti war. If that makes sense????

Anyway - the Republicans are all attacking and threatening each other!

[BlueNProud]

20. Its being ignored by big media but it is an intractable problem for GOP

I will admit to having gone down a bit of a YT rabbit hole on this internal division and the amount of anti Semitism (leaving aside the Gaza invasion) is pretty striking. IMO Israel has never been in a more precarious position than it is now. Their temporary allies of convenience do not have their back.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. Charlie who?

[Takket]

15. another broadcast focusing on how "conservative voices are being silences" no doubt

funny how all these attempts to bring "balance" and "different perspectives" never involve Democrats, or facts.

[BlueNProud]

17. This. *

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

18. Aw shucks, I'll be plowing the lower forty that evening, and my VCR is on the blink to boot.

[mzmolly]

21. WTF?

[Initech]

22. Are you fucking kidding me?

Fuck Bari Weiss. Fuck Erika Kirk. Fuck Trump.

Turn off all mass media.

[flvegan]

23. Isn't that 8pm Sat timeslot competing with lots of college football usually?

At least it gives them both time to up their Mar a Lago Face game.