"The Jerusalem Post editor commended Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison a reported close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for putting Weiss in charge of CBS News, acknowledging that media owners shape the prism through which you will be consuming your news. They influence the culture, the hiring, the risk tolerance, what stories get pursued, and which ones get killed. Everyone knows this, he wrote. Nobody likes admitting it because it punctures the myth of editorial independence."
"Klein also praised Weiss' willingness to blow up conventions and try something different, before championing the CBS News chief as an American Jew and an American Zionist who's doing more for Israel than most of us. Addressing the staff revolts at CBS News over Weiss's leadership, Klein observed, They did revolt. Weiss is still there. That tells you who has power. Study what Weiss did. Then go do your own version of it."
Zvika Klein praised Bari Weiss as a brave journalist who makes change and embraces unconventional approaches. Klein called Weiss an American Jew and Zionist doing more for Israel than most. Klein commended Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, a reported close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for installing Weiss and noted that media owners shape the prism through which audiences consume news. Klein listed influences including culture, hiring, risk tolerance, and story selection. Klein observed that staff revolts occurred but Weiss remained. Mehdi Hasan said similar praise in the US would prompt accusations of antisemitism. Ellison purchased Weiss's company The Free Press for $150 million after the Paramount-Skydance merger.
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