"In a conversation with David Remnick, Malone discusses her reporting on Weiss: how resigning from the New York Times launched Weiss to prominence as a crusader against what she has characterized as woke groupthink; how Weiss gained the support of Silicon Valley titans who had their own political grievances; and the headlines about Weiss's rocky beginning as head of a news network, including the on-air travails of her new anchor Tony Dokoupil."
"Last October, Bari Weiss-best known as a contrarian opinion writer who launched the right-leaning Free Press-was appointed the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. Donald Trump has called her new regime "the greatest thing that's happened in a long time to a free and open and good press." The New Yorker staff writer Clare Malone wrote about Weiss's hostile takeover of CBS News for the January 26, 2026, issue of the magazine."
Bari Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News in October after launching the right-leaning Free Press. She resigned from the New York Times and rose to prominence as a crusader against what she has characterized as woke groupthink. Prominent Silicon Valley figures provided support based on their own political grievances. Donald Trump publicly praised her leadership as a boon to a "free and open and good press." Weiss's early tenure produced rocky headlines and visible on-air struggles involving anchor Tony Dokoupil.
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