Bari Weiss and the Media Landscape
America's once diverse news landscape is being remade under the control of a few.
Bari Weiss, the new head of CBS News, is silencing herself by taking the helm.
She's being captured, not capturing the media.
Weiss's suitability for the editor-in-chief role has been scrutinized since Paramount announced her $150 million "acquihire" less than two weeks ago.
- She earned a full episode of John Oliver's Last Week Tonight.
- Media reporters have closely documented every memo, meeting, and sign of intervention in the news agenda.
Weiss positioned the Free Press, the publication she left the New York Times to launch, as the authentic voice of scrappy media outsiders.
Author's summary: Bari Weiss's new role at CBS News sparks scrutiny.