CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press
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CBS News is planning to take another step to appeal to right-of-center viewers by installing Bari Weiss as editor in chief. CBS' new corporate owner, Skydance Media, is also acquiring The Free Press, Weiss' views-and-news site.
Weiss will arrive with a mandate to redefine the CBS News brand in the eyes of the public and refine its news coverage. She is seen as a change agent for a network regularly accused by President Trump and his political allies of liberal bias.
Weiss founded The Free Press after a blistering resignation from The New York Times, where she accused colleagues of intolerance.
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