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Bari Weiss

Sharyn Alfonsi

World War Alfonsi

After going toe to toe with Bari Weiss over her “Inside CECOT” story, veteran correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi became the face of fourth-estate resistance at 60 Minutes. But as she prepares a heroic exit, a mass exodus is unlikely to follow. After all, where’s a well-paid TV journalist to go?
Dylan Byers • May 1, 2026
Dylan Byers • April 24, 2026
Bari’s Post-WHCD Purge
Bari Weiss
After partying with the president, Pete Hegseth, and Stephen Miller at an event ostensibly celebrating a free press, Weiss will return from Washington with immediate plans to further overhaul 60 Minutes—and to implement another round of layoffs at CBS News.
Dylan Byers • April 22, 2026
The Weiss House
White House Correspondents Association dinner
While fourth-estate purists bemoan the diminishment of press freedoms under Trump, CBS’s Bari Weiss and David Ellison will be breaking bread over White House Correspondents’ Association weekend with two of the administration’s most visible press antagonists. Cue the outrage… but that’s the point.
Mark Thompson
Dylan Byers • March 20, 2026
CNN’s Open Mic Night
The new set for Anderson Cooper’s AC360 has all the trappings of a 1950s radio show, with retro mics and paper maps. While C.E.O. Mark Thompson may be overseeing a makeover that skews creator-relatable, it undermines CNN’s news authority, especially during a war. At least Twitter enjoyed it.
Bari Weiss
Dylan Byers • March 11, 2026
The CNN–CBS Marriage Plot
The long-awaited match made in TV news heaven is getting closer to reality. But will the matrimony of Paramount’s CBS News and Warner Bros.’ CNN produce harmony and much-needed cost-savings, or layoffs and infighting? And who is going to run the show?
david ellison
Kim Masters • March 10, 2026
David Ellison’s Troubling H.R. File
Hollywood’s newest mogul has risen to the head of—potentially—two studios so quickly that there are still vast reaches of his leadership style to explore. One early trend: a tendency to hire managers with sketchy pasts and see largely unremarkable results.
Bari Weiss
Dylan Byers • March 4, 2026
Bari Goes to War
Over the past week, the CBS News chief dispatched Tony Dokoupil to the Middle East, scored exclusives on the back of her pro-Israel bona fides, and is finally making progress on shoring up her staff. All while the Ellisons, and the other news network they’re suddenly lined up to own, have been watching.
Bari Weiss
Dylan Byers • February 27, 2026
Bari Apparent & Politico Animals
The WBD–PSKY post-merger dread hit CNN immediately yesterday, as its journalists and producers pondered life under Bari—but only if her CBS misfires haven’t disqualified her from running the combined operation. Plus, the voracious Mathias Döpfner’s global talent hunt.
Anderson Cooper
Dylan Byers • February 18, 2026
Anderson of Anarchy
CBS News was abuzz in all the wrong ways again this week as Anderson Cooper announced his departure from ’60 Minutes.’ But the real story at CBS is not Cooper’s martyrdom (Colbert has that covered), it’s what his exit portends for the show’s future and the coming exodus of news talent.
Bari Weiss
Dylan Byers • February 13, 2026
Bari’s Bootcamp
Last week, CBS News offered buyouts to 40 or so employees, some of whom seized the moment to attack Bari Weiss’s “heterodox journalism” and a culture of self-censorship on their way out the door. But legacy media’s challenges run far deeper than mere credibility—the industry is also losing its connection to the audience, itself.