"I know this may come as a shock to some self-styled Very Serious People, but someone wildly unqualified for their job is struggling mightily to do it, and ever since Bari Weiss took over as CBS News Tzar in early October, not only has the outlet done its best Fox News minus the good ratings impression, but from a pure organizational perspective, Weiss is running the opposite of a tight ship."
"That the WSJ has led the pack through Trump 2 as by far the best of the major news organizations, driving new Epstein revelations and inviting lawsuits while not mincing words about the economic shitshow Trump's trade war unleashed, says a lot about how cowed The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC had become prior to this new right-wing takeover of media."
Bari Weiss assumed leadership at CBS News and has presided over visible organizational decline, described as mismanagement and partisan alignment toward Trump. The outlet is compared to Fox News in tone but lacking ratings, with operational dysfunction framed as a public, ongoing collapse. David Ellison's acquisition of Weiss's The Free Press for $150 million exemplifies a media market that rewards comforting the wealthy while underfunding investigative journalism. Rupert Murdoch is contrasted for maintaining editorial independence at the Wall Street Journal, which has pursued major investigations and remained more aggressive during Trump’s second term than many peers.
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