Bari Weiss’s CBS era begins with the loss of one of the network’s top journalists
Well, we all knew changes were coming.
When CBS News officially announced earlier this month that opinion journalist Bari Weiss was taking over as its editor-in-chief, you knew it was only a matter of time before we started seeing major changes.
And, boom, just like that, Monday was the start of those changes.
John Dickerson — one of the network’s most experienced and respected journalists, and a co-anchor of the “CBS Evening News” — announced he would leave the network at the end of the year.
Some reports say it was Dickerson’s decision, but it could be a case of him jumping before he was pushed. The New York Times’ Michael M. Grynbaum wrote that Dickerson “was cognizant that significant changes, including a revamp of the ‘Evening News,’ were on the way at the news division.”
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