Panic at CBS as Bari Weiss eyes 'blockbuster sit-down'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

June 26, 2026 7:20AM ET


Reports that embattled CBS News head Bari Weiss is searching for a sympathetic ear among journalists for an interview to clear her name have some in the executive suites in a bit of a panic.

According to media watchdog Status, Weiss is eager to launch a media counter-offensive. She's been in talks with the New York Times' Michael Barbaro about appearing on "The Daily" podcast—a choice that reveals her strategy: find a friendly interviewer willing to let her explain away the wreckage.

As Oliver Darcy is reporting, Weiss, who counts Barbaro as "a friend and admirer," even floated his name earlier this year as a potential addition to "CBS Mornings." Now she's leveraging that relationship for what amounts to a high-stakes PR intervention.

However, multiple sources told Status that Weiss has been advised against doing the "blockbuster sit-down," with some executives pumping the brakes because David Ellison's $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery is still pending, Paramount executives are reportedly worried Weiss might complicate the acquisition, because they want to "avoid as much media scrutiny as possible—and such a media appearance would not help."

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

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. I suspect the venn diagram of her friends at NYT and the people at NYT going, tooth and claw, after Platner/Mamdani..

… will be a circle.

[LuvLoogie]

9. Absolutely. Probably. Could be.

"Quack quack!"

[marble falls]

2. Keep her blathering. It's a good weapon against her.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. To whom would that be a "blockbuster"?

"News podcast host interviews news executive" is not a "blockbuster"; it's a slow news day. That he's friendly to her makes it even less notable.

[paleotn]

4. Of course they are. She's a tone deaf moron.

who's bound to F things up for the merger. Why ANYONE admire that wench is beyond me. Why would they? She's a scribbling hack that apparently "blew" the right people. Not a hell of a lot to "admire" for anyone rational.

[Nittersing]

7. Tone deaf moron is being generous

I mean she told reporters to effing lie. Eff her.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Perhaps Weiss should check in with The National Enquirer because apparently they thought

'enquiring minds didn't want to know.'

National Enquirer hid Trump secrets in a safe, removed them before inauguration

The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to the 2016 presidential election, people familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press.

(snip)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/national-enquirer-hid-trump-secrets-safe-removed-them-inauguration-n903356

Thanks for the thread BumRushDaShow

[Cheezoholic]

6. She may as well go and get her nails done. That's about how deep The Daily scratches lol n/t

[GenThePerservering]

8. Do it, Bari, do it!

Screw up Ellison's deal!

[modrepub]

10. Who Give a S--t What She Says

on some lame podcast. Her company's stock price has gone from $20 per share to under $10 per share in the last year. Market valuation of CBS' parent company is over $4 lower since Weiss took over CBS.

I'd be more interested in asking her where she envisions herself being in 5 years and what she thinks the next board meeting will be like.

[FakeNoose]

11. She just discovered that she has no friends left

Why is that Bari? Are you about to be fired? It couldn't happen to a more deserving person ....

[Figarosmom]

12. I heard they were thinking of

Putting Joe Rogan on as a reporter on 60 minutes.

Bari must think "News Radio" was a real news show. Or she thinks 60 minutes should be a fictional show.

[Dulcinea]

13. "Weiss has no compelling story to sell"

Oh Bari, bless your heart.

She destroyed an American news institution & now she wants to explain why? The answer is MONEY and POWER. This is all blowing up, & she's surprised that she's left holding the bag. What did she think was going to happen? Did she think Ellison would take the fall?
If this torpedoes the WBD deal, it's a win for American media.

[live love laugh]

14. The rules have changed. Before media outlets relied on ad revenue but now

they have money it’s hearts and minds that the Ellisons and Murdochs are after. The entire point is mind control.

I continue to ask friends who watch what passes for news whether many of the issues and concerns that are discussed here and elsewhere are even on the news and the answer is usually no. If they do make the news it’s covered shallowly with little or no follow up.

I’m tuned out.