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Marie Marie

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26. I disagree (with all due respect). Bari Weiss has a huge ego (as evidenced by the bust of herself
Sat May 16, 2026, 11:54 PM
22 hrs ago

at that other place she used to run. Sorry forgot the name). I mean who else, other than Trump, places a bust of themselves in the lobby of their workplace? She left the NY times because she blah blah blah {read: thought she was smarter). She took the job at CBS having NO experience in running a news department on television, vowing to turn things around by doing things differently (immediate fail), conducted important interviews by herself instead of turning that over to experienced journalists because she could do it better, interfered with the stories on the above mentioned 60 Minutes because SHE felt the content was slanted and now wants to radically change the only CBS News show that she hasn't yet tanked the ratings.

Yes Trump and Ellison wanted to change the tone at CBS to be more Trump friendly but she is not in disagreement with that and her ego is too large to take a dive for them. She honestly thinks she is smart enough to be more sympathetic to Trump while still making CBS News wildly successful by revamping it into her idea of covering news. In spite of the disaster she has created so far, she does possess the kind of hubris that tells her that she is right and will continue with her plans to shake up the News Division in her image.

She did not take this job to tank CBS. Others may have wanted her to do that but her ego would not take that humiliation. She took the opportunity to show everyone how much smarter she is, how she will go for Fox Lite while improving CBS ratings with her brilliance. She has failed, swiftly and spectacularly, and will continue to do so. She is one of those people who doesn't know what she doesn't know because she thinks she knows better than anyone.

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MORE Reich Wing propaganda in 3....2......1..... AZ8theist Yesterday #1
That no one will watch. paleotn Yesterday #4
The Jews for Shitler cofounder will fuck that up too. paleotn Yesterday #2
I think it can pretty much be written off now. Hope22 Yesterday #3
How is their stock doing? multigraincracker Yesterday #5
I'm sure Bari Weiss will make the show even better and a wonderful catchy new name like... chouchou Yesterday #6
And instead of a stopwatch BumRushDaShow Yesterday #8
Probably fit right in (Get it...Right in..yuck..) chouchou Yesterday #9
or ... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #10
Wow! joshdawg 2 hrs ago #35
The shedevil. twodogsbarking Yesterday #7
Information control is now more profitable than ratings. live love laugh Yesterday #11
In the end, it generates more money than selling commercial time to "Depends: The choice of Presidents." 3Hotdogs Yesterday #12
Resigning? vapor2 Yesterday #13
DAMN. calimary Yesterday #14
Is it "news" krkaufman Yesterday #15
If the rot sets in: Aussie105 Yesterday #16
Hopefully. electric_blue68 Yesterday #17
Of course she will. not fooled Yesterday #18
Tic...tic...tic...Welcome to 47 Minutes, the News Magazine dedicated to our 47th President...tic...tic...tic... RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #19
Better that they just CANCEL it now, instead of letting it die a slow, painful death FakeNoose Yesterday #20
Bari Weiss' job is to destroy the credibility dobleremolque Yesterday #21
I disagree (with all due respect). Bari Weiss has a huge ego (as evidenced by the bust of herself Marie Marie 22 hrs ago #26
I just had a flashback to the blond war correspondent that also worked at 60 Minutes IcyPeas Yesterday #22
Lara Logan PlanetBev 22 hrs ago #25
It's irrelevant Icanthinkformyself 23 hrs ago #23
Terrestrial TV is on it's last legs. Jacson6 23 hrs ago #24
See BS Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago #27
I hope so... Fascists FA & FO. Cha 21 hrs ago #29
whatever gave CBS staffer that idea? Cha 21 hrs ago #28
Failing upward C_U_L8R 20 hrs ago #30
I think she's looking for a "Gilligan's Island " kind of format. eom SalamanderSleeps 17 hrs ago #31
Yasha Levine had a piece on her jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #32
Don't care DownriverDem 12 hrs ago #33
She should just cancel it as it's no longer reputable, watchful and truthful under her reign kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #34
Never watch anything CBS or Paramount anymore mdbl 2 hrs ago #36
I really don't care. Do U? Mz Pip 2 hrs ago #37
Free Speech TV should be the only channel people should have on. The Grand Illuminist 2 hrs ago #38
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