CBS News reportedly hires former Liz Cheney comms exec. The White House is fuming.
Jeremy Adler, who worked with several conservative politicians in the past, will reportedly join CBS News’ communication team.
Ever since David Ellison’s Paramount acquired CBS News last year — and installed Bari Weiss as editor in chief — the narrative, fairly or unfairly, has been that the network would be deferential to President Donald Trump and his administration.
After all, Ellison and his father, Larry, have a cozy relationship with the president, and many feel Weiss might try to push CBS News a little to the right.
But apparently CBS News has irked the White House by hiring Jeremy Adler, a communications executive who previously worked for former Rep. Liz Cheney. Yes, the same Liz Cheney who was a frequent critic of Trump and helped lead the Congressional committee that looked into the Jan. 6 insurrection and Trump’s role in it.
Adler will join CBS News’ communications team. This is according to Axios. CBS News has not made an official announcement.
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