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several years before securing his position as Bari Weiss, CBS News Editor-in-Chief apparently once aspired to join Scene,
In fact, Weiss, 41, reportedly auditioned to replace the conservative pundit Meghan McCain, who left the ABC talk series in July 2021but to no avail.
according to DiversityWeiss, who had guest-hosted the show several times before, did not fare well with viewers. Because of his centrist-rightist contrarian politics, he apparently scored so low with focus groups that he was not invited back as a guest host.
However, an ABC insider told The Daily Beast That she was rejected because of her physical appearance.
Independent have contacted Scene and a representative for Weiss for comment.
open position instead Alyssa went to Farrah GriffinFormer White House Strategic Communications Director for President Donald Trump.
Griffin joins Scene McCain’s seat was filled as a permanent co-host in September 2022, as the show’s “conservative” voice.
Weiss was named editor-in-chief of CBS News on Monday — a move that did not come without controversy. The journalist, who considers herself a “radical centrist” and is known for her staunch pro-Israel stance, may face a hard time gaining respect in the newsroom, as many view her as a “political activist” with no real experience in broadcast journalism.
His First message to the CBS News staff on Monday morningWeiss said: “I stand up for the same core journalistic values that have defined this profession from the beginning, and I will continue to support them with you,” noting that she “aspires to journalism that holds both American political parties under equal scrutiny.”
The day after Weiss was named editor-in-chief, CBS’s parent company, Paramount, announced that it had also acquired her anti-woke digital outlet. The Free Press,
“Let’s make bullshit news,” Weiss told staffers in a morning editorial call, adding that she was excited to let the CBS News staff know this. The Free Press,
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A CBS News employee told Independent That there was “definitely eye-rolling” and that Weiss was “pretending to be a broadcast journalist.” Meanwhile, another reporter described Weiss’s comments as “cringeful movie references and half-hearted pep talks” about winning and making “f***ing news”.
SceneThe panel currently includes Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro.
McCain, the daughter of the late Arizona senator John McCain, previously appeared as a presenter from 2017 to 2021.
She has been vocal since coming out About her “toxic” experience on the showClaiming she endured “horrible treatment” from her fellow co-hosts.
In an exploratory 2023 column daily MailHe repeated an old story about Behar in which he had said that “she didn’t miss me at all”.
McCain wrote, “After the show I went to my office, threw up in the trash, called my brother crying and decided to quit the show that day.”
“The only way to survive on that show is vanilla pudding. Don’t say anything controversial with the elite, bow down, and don’t actually do the job you were hired to do, which is to express your authentic opinions.”
He added, “There is nothing on God’s green earth that could convince me to walk on that set again. May the bridges I burn light my path.”