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Bari Weiss 'joke' hires leave '60 Minutes' insiders laughing as ratings plummet: report
CBS Is Mistaking Branding for JournalismA Power Grab in a News SuitCBS News staff are objecting to Bari Weiss’s latest round of hires at 60 Minutes, with Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, Sir Trevor Phillips, and Norah O’Donnell now part of a reshaped on-air roster. That is the surface story. The real story is that Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison installed Weiss, and Weiss is now using a storied news program to stage a personnel and identity overhaul that insiders say has little to do with reporting competence and everything to do with direction.Who Actually Holds the…
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