The Left has been losing its mind at Bari Weiss taking over as editor-in-chief at CBS News.
Weiss isn't even right-wing; she is more center-liberal. But they're upset that she may sometimes question the liberal orthodoxy. The Left has had such a grip on the media for so long; they don't like anyone who they might not be able to control. We saw how much they flipped out when Elon Musk took over the X platform. Their extreme reactions helped to move him further right, I think, and truly backfired on them.
I reported earlier how some on the Left were having a fit over Face the Nation's Margaret Brennan putting Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) on the spot with some good journalistic questions. They thought it was somehow scary or worrisome, and thought it might be due to the influence of Weiss. Indeed, if Weiss is trying to get them back to basic journalism, that's something everyone should welcome. That's good for the American people.
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But the Left is likely to truly go off the rails with the latest report about Weiss.
There had been a report last week that she was interested in trying to poach Bret Baier from Fox. That seems unlikely that she would be able to pluck him away from Fox, where he has been for so long. I don't see him moving from there.
But another person she is purportedly looking to entice from CNN is their conservative commentator, Scott Jennings. According to Semafor, Jennings visited Weiss this week at CBS New York headquarters.
That's the one that would really stick in the craw of the Left. Jennings has become a big favorite of conservatives for the way he nukes the Democrats. So if he went from CNN to CBS in that capacity, Weiss could be bringing with him his audience and new viewers who don't normally watch CBS. The fact that she's open to that shows she wants to bring more balance to the network. Jennings also has a Salem radio show. That would certainly class CBS up and bring some important thought there. We'll have to see what happens there.
I suspect that the Left will have a lot to complain about as Weiss works to reform the network and bring balance there. It's much needed, after things like the 60 Minutes editing of the Kamala Harris interview caused such a problem for them.
Weiss has already caused some upset at the network by asking employees to — gasp — tell her what they do, and what they believe is working or not working. How dare she act like a boss and try to see how she could improve the place and how things are working! It was a perfectly normal question. But likely not one that they had been used to hearing there, and that's part of the problem.
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She may bring back some credibility that they long ago lost.
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