CBS producers grappling with 'mass confusion' from new Trump-backed boss: report

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Source: Raw Story

October 13, 2025 6:52PM ET


Producers at CBS News told Variety on Monday that they are grappling with "conflicting orders" and "mass confusion" because of a memo sent by the new organization's editor in chief, Bari Weiss.

Last week, Weiss sent CBS News staffers a memo requesting that they explain "how they spend their time" to her, their thoughts about CBS News generally, and how Weiss could align with the editorial staff "on achieving a shared vision for CBS News." Union counsel representing the CBS News workers told employees last week not to respond.

The confusion appears to have bled over as staffers said on Monday that Weiss told them to "file notes" to her, even though the union told them not to.

A person familiar with the newsroom told Variety that the orders created "mass confusion" among the staff.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-2674180901/

[QueerDuck]

1. Sounds like she's copying Musk and his DOGE "justify your job" memo.

[hlthe2b]

3. Yup. I remember her RW turn and attacks on HRC. The problem is that not all CBS staff are protected

by the union. So, it is difficult to take that stand.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Power play to intimidate and threaten workers.

A sign of a bad manager who wants to bully and scare employees.
And undermines direct supervisors.

Such emails to the CEO are meaningless.
Direct supervisors are the ones who know how employees are functioning on the job.

[sop]

4. Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt, Mike Wallace, Charles Osgood, Bob Simon and Don Hewitt are turning in their graves.

[PSPS]

6. Don't forget founder William S. Paley, out-spinning them all!

[sop]

7. There are so many: Paley, Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Smith...

All of them turning over violently in their graves.

[Username1234]

5. Bari Weiss: DEI Hire

Ah, the "pretend collaboration" phase that's standard in all these rightwing liquidation clean-outs.

Can you imagine ANY CEO coming into a new company and just asking around, "hey folks, how can I talk you into the a vision for this company that's completely counter to how you've always run, completely counter to standard industry principles and ethics, and is likely to damage your own professional reputation? Oh, and if anyone can tell me what the entry level employees do at this company because I have no experience at ALL in what we do here, that would also be great!"

As a (small-time) CEO myself, I'll tell you: most CEOs are coached to do the exact opposite, because otherwise that's how you lose all your best people during the transition. But that seems likely to be the point.

[yardwork]

11. Yes, that probably is the goal.

Clean out all the competent ethical News people at CBS and replace them with unethical boot lickers.

And that will be one more network destroyed.

[mdbl]

8. She's a complete moron

She has never even been a reporter. It will be interesting to see if CBS can split the audience of deplorables with Fux Nooze. That seems to be their intention.

[LuckyLib]

19. This was well done by John Oliver. She is completely unqualified.

[bmichaelh]

9. Weiss was not a news journalist

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John Oliver on his show did a great analysis of some of the articles published by her company, "Free Press".

She has no background as a news journalist.

Some of her articles were not heavily researched.

She claimed that conservative voices were stifled on NY Times, when they publish columns by Bret Stephens and others.

Will she suppress any pieces that are critical of Donald Trump.

[yardwork]

12. She's exactly what TrumpCo is seeking.

A whiny narcissistic twit with a chip on her shoulder who thinks the world is out to get her because she's "conservative." She'll happily accept a lot of money to destroy things she doesn't begin to understand.

Also she checks the Jewish gay woman boxes so TrumpCo can smirk and chortle "see how unbiased we are?!"

[twodogsbarking]

10. Hitler would be envious.

[mdbl]

15. Hitler AND Nixon are both sitting in hell together wondering how they could have gotten away with all this.

[wolfie001]

13. tRUMP scum bootlicker

Flaming POS.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. When I see the Trumpists taking over the media,...

I am reminded of Lenin's decree about the press after he seized power. "...it is not possible to leave in the hands of the enemy a weapon no less dangerous than bombs and machine guns."

[Jimvanhise]

16. THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE

She should have to prove why she deserves that job since she is not a journalist and has less experience than anyone already working for CBS news. She is some kind of gimmick hire by her billionaire boss.

[Initech]

17. Trump fucking ruins everything!

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

18. Sounds like Weiss wants to poke the CBS eye with a stick.