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Most TV execs who had overseen a ratings situation and soul upheaval astatine a awesome web would beryllium polishing their resumes.
Not Bari Weiss, it seems.
Despite an onslaught of media scrutiny nan CBS editor-in-chief maintains nan unwavering support of her bosses, according to sources
“She’s not going anywhere. The Ellisons for illustration her very overmuch and she’s safe,” they said referring to Paramount Skydance CEO, David Ellison, and his dad, Larry, who is nan money down nan business.
David acquired Weiss’ The Free Press for appoximately $150 cardinal past twelvemonth and put her successful complaint of nan news astatine nan Tiffany network.
She has made sweeping and arguable decisions since she officially stepped into nan domiciled past October, arsenic she attempts to reinvent nan struggling news statement for nan digital, MAGA era.
And galore person been profoundly unpopular pinch some unit and viewers.
Under Weiss, the web has seen a driblet successful ratings for shows for illustration “CBS Evening News” and “CBS Mornings.” (The erstwhile has consistently averaged less than 4 cardinal full viewers, contempt a humble ratings summation nan week of May 11, while rivals astatine ABC and NBC tie astir 8 cardinal and six cardinal respectively).
She’s besides put herself connected air, hosting a municipality hallway pinch Erika Kirk that grounded to propulsion a large audience.
Meanwhile, she’s ruffeled feathers of seasoned journalists astatine ratings juggernaut “60 Minutes,” sources person told us.
Even longtime correspondent, Anderson Cooper, who announced he was leaving nan show aft astir 2 decades, seemingly took a excavation astatine her during his affectional farewell from nan show connected May 17. “There’s very fewer things that person been astir for arsenic agelong arsenic ’60 Minutes’ has and support nan value that it has,” Cooper said. He added he hopes “the halfway of what ’60 Minutes’ is ever remains.”
There’s been rising fearfulness among vets astatine nan Tiffany Network that Weiss was trying to rebrand nan broadcast by inserting herself connected booking calls and editorial meetings, sources antecedently told The Post.
Nonstop headlines astir her shortcomings and failures forced a Paramount spokesperson to publically to take sides Weiss and contradict reports that she could suffer power of marquee CBS News programs specified arsenic “60 Minutes,” “CBS Evening News” and “CBS Mornings.”
“Bari has nan afloat support of Paramount and David Ellison arsenic nan editorial leader overseeing CBS News and 60 Minutes,” they said successful a connection to The Post past week.
“Reports suggesting different are inaccurate,” they added.
It look that, astatine slightest for now, that’s not conscionable spin.
A rep did not remark for this story.
