Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Bari Weiss

[Rhiannon12866]

John Oliver discusses the Paramount Skydance merger, how they’ve named Bari Weiss the new Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, and what her editorial history and perspective mean for the future of U.S. journalism. Plus, some notable moments in the history of the Upper West Side. - 10/12/2025.

[Warpy]

1. CBS used to have an internal regulation that separated the news

from their other departments. That disappeared about six or seven mergers ago.

This isn't the first time they've stuffed their collective heatds down the metaphorical right wing toilet. After they set Dan Rather up to screw him out of everything he'd worked for and brought in Katie Couric, they tipped their right wing hand by making Couric's first guest on her evening news show (a first in itself, guests are not news) the execrable gasbag Limbaugh.

People who were hoping for another Uncle Walter switched off and the new format didn't last long and they finally gaveup and brought in some real news people for a while. They were largely muzzled, but they were there.

Right wingers wilkl simply never understand that their opinions are not news and that sensationalism without context isn't news, either. It's clickbait and as such, doesn't belong on broadcast airwaves.

I gave up on having them figure it out. I turned them all off in 2004 and haven't found a reason to turn them back on.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I remember when they fired Dan Rather, they biggest mistake they ever made, IMO

And I sure agree, opinions are not news.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

3. O I applaud you, Warpy!

"...they set Dan Rather up to screw him out of everything he'd worked for and brought in Katie Couric...Couric's first guest on her evening news show (a first in itself, guests are not news) the execrable gasbag Limbaugh."

Truer words were never spoken, unless they are Rather's own:
"Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country".

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Same here! And CBS News has never been the same again...

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thanks, Uncle Joe!

John Oliver is always a highlight of the week, informative, but with his signature humor...

[nuxvomica]

7. Kicking because it's relevant

It's an in-depth look at what kind of "journalist" Weiss really is. This originally aired two weeks ago but it's worth revisiting in light of recent events, including John Dickerson's departure and this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220754153

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thanks!

And CBS News has not been the same since they fired Dan Rather, I remember.