Adjacent arrival Opponent and strict supporters Israel “Heterodox” Pandit Bari Vis Editor-in-chief CBS News has left the news room staff “literally out”, with sources Independent The Tiffany Network “is not a good place right now.”
The growing frustration among the network journalists has also been complicated by the fact that David Alison is the Chief Executive Officer of the newly merged Paramount Skydance. Preparation to apply cruel trimming And Slash up to 10 percent of CBS News employees – to acquire free presses to all Weiss by paying up to $ 150 million to your digital media outlet.
Meanwhile, Weiss seized the reins of the Vaunted News Division of the network – which is It is month to make – As the employees have become rapidly dissatisfied with the changes of the elison of CBS News, with many people feel that it feels that The new boss “lie” them When he insisted that he does not want to “political” the network.
Independent Paramount for comment has reached the representatives of Alison and Weiss.
The following a Politically fired $ 8.4 billion merger Between Alison’s Skydance Media and Paramount Global, who saw Paramount to pay Donald Trump to pay $ 16 million to settle “meritless” trial More than one 60 minutes Interview with Kamla Harris, the new leadership team has taken several steps to appeal to the authority and the President.
Missing by Federal Communications Commission, a few days before approved Skidan Promise Brendon Carr, president of Trump’s handpick FCC, said that the new paramount will not only eliminate all the diversity policies, but will also establish a Lokpal that will review the “complaints of prejudice” in CBS News. Last month, Kenneth Wenstein – A Former trump appointment and leader of a conservative think tank , was appointed To serve as Lokpal of the news network by the paramount.
Leaders of Paramount also Effectively Last month with the White House when it Applied new editing rules For Sunday show Facing nationAnnouncing that all the interviews of the show will be broadcast on either live or live tape, after complaints from Homeland’s Security Secretary Christian NoM about being “embarrassably edited” during a tape.
In recent weeks, democratic MPs An inquiry has opened In 60 minutes Settlement – and Trump claims that he has reached one “Side Deal” After completion of the merger, with the Air Pro -Clain advertisements with Ellison on CBS – a “bribe” formed. Seeing the investigation too To cancel pre-merger decisions of paramount The top rated late night CBS show by leading trump critic Stephen Colbert.
Oracle’s founder and top Trump Ellie Larry Alison’s son Alison is interacting to buy free press and bring the editorial direction of CBS News to VISS Now for months,
Weis, a former new York Times The referendum columnist, who left Gray Lady in 2020, cited as editorial policies with leaning on the left of the paper and “Illiberal atmosphere,” Alison is expected to report directly. Tom Sibrovski will remain as the President of CBS News and will work with VISS, As the new York Times,
The Free Press, which Weiss launched with his wife in 2021, will be purchased for a price tag of approximately $ 150 million paid in combination with cash and stock. The site, which has been hosted on the substation, has 1.5 million customers – about 10 percent of which have been paid. PerfectlyThe evaluation of the “heterodox” site is approximately $ 100 million.
“His amazing comeback is a tribute to her uproar, her frequent personal charisma, and all her unpublished support for Israel and a tribute to attacks on progressive social justice dogma, often dissatisfied as ‘vokus’-aligned with some of the most powerful people, which is also associated with many people in generics.” Mentor Noted about weis Last month in a profile.
While it appears that there will be a free press Stay a standalone property And it is not yet clear whether it will be integrated into the digital site of CBS News, the presence of Weis as a newsroom leader will definitely increase the more tension on the network, which is in the upheaval -bottle because the paramount has started making a compromise on it. 60 minutes trial.
41 -year -old commentator will step into a news organization Already seen Executive manufacturer of 60 minutes And the news president of the network resigned on what he saw as a corporate intervention with the freedom of editorial and journalism, given that he would not apologize for the Harris interview.
Additionally, the belief between the internal sources of the network and the employees is that VISS is being hired to tamp on the pro-Filistini coverage of the Gaza war, which was already already A central sticking point Former Paramount Chairman Sherry Redstone.
“One of the main reasons that the deal is happening, the free press’-Israeli supporters are the Israeli Rukh and Larry Ellison and his son David Alison have close ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” the breaker. Informed This week.
While CBS used to talk with news staff Independent It was noted that most of the news rooms would not welcome Ves, as he also said that some journalists especially rented their Israel’s position.
A reporter said, “I think there are some people there, such as, yes, they meet here because they care about an issue, and it is Israel,” a reporter said.
However, for most parts, sources said that the morale is extremely low and there is no real hunger among most employees, which is not to take charge of the network and potentially with its credibility, as well as, as well. 60 minutesIts mythological and long -running newsmagzine.
The same reporter announced, “People are using disappointing and dumsde – feel like some type of dumsde.”
Another CBS journalist said, “I think Ombdsman, Bari Weis, and adjacent large -scale trimmed that are coming in a few weeks, everyone is just to get out, eg, really coming out,” said the CBS journalist. “It’s not a good place right now. There was a proper way to do this and there was not a proper way, and they are doing it in a non-propagation way, and perhaps it is by design.”
Indeed, Alison has already made it clear that the new paramount plans to slash $ 2 billion with its laser sheet, the painful pruning is just around the turn – on the chopping block with hundreds of journalists and news staff. Therefore, the cash air for weis is not good at all, which are not sitting well with the employees who are currently afraid of adjacent pink slip.
“The fact that we do not have money to pay for journalists, but we have money to pay between $ 100 and 200 million.” And this is not journalism. “
Network staff also told Independent That Ves will have a difficult time to receive the honor of the news room as they see it as “political operative”, saying that CBS News is not already a welcome place for outsiders. “
The CBS reporter announced, “There are many people who come here and chew and spit that the idea that someone we do not want is going to come here and manage to survive in some way, I think, laugh,” the CBS reporter announced. “So he is inside, I will enter the venture to guess, a thick ride.”
While Alison insisted Just after the merger is closed He was committed to the “accuracy, integrity and public trust” and wanted to maintain the “Storage” heritage, steering to the politicization of all networks, sources said that the establishment of We will fly in front of everyone as the top editor of the news division.
CBS reporter said, “He is essentially to turn to Vis and everyone who is an ideology that supports him and his father’s world,” Independent,
The network journalist stated that Weis has a lack of experience of dealing with a broadcast organization of CBS News, wondering if she would “be able to determine if we cover the weather in Mississippi” or send reporting crew to various American and international cities.
He said, “There is such a bay between your own online publication and broadcasting television,” he said, “Does she know how to do this stuff? … Forget what her political views are, does she know how to do it?”
Also, in response Telling a “source close to elison” financial Times The news “extreme, aristocrat, and protesters became” and Ellison planned to “bring back a performance-based culture” in the CBS tradition in the tradition of Walter Chronicite and Edward Moore, a network insider ridiculed the weiss move.
The inner source said, “Apart from this, is we X’s free press not extreme, aristocratic and protesting? These are both things, which is why it is considered fringe media and CBS News.” “Whether the turn is a purpose or a journalist? Chroncite and die won’t think that he is and would have thrown it out of the news room within an hour.”
Ultimately, at least one source stated that it was what he saw as a lack of merit for senior editorial status that could actually obstruct Viss in the eyes of those whom she expects to supervise and lead.
“This is anyone who feels that you are not eligible for the job that comes in, there is going to be treated, right?” The network correspondent surprised. “Whether it is a turn weed or, you know, from Michael Scott The office,