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Corporate pressure has led to capitulation by CBS News in a number of conflicts with the Trump regime — including its newly ideological coverage philosophy.

The White House vs. the press

CBS News debases itself

New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil posted a New Year’s Day video message acknowledging viewer mistrust of media, for which he blamed the media itself — in keeping with the ideology of new news boss Bari Weiss. That message — and the editorial decisions in the broadcasts that followed — drew sharp criticism and ridicule from many journalists.

Jan. 8, 2026

CBS News gets a new leader, with an ideological agenda

If there’s nothing in Bari Weiss’s journalism resume that remotely qualifies her to be editor-in-chief of CBS News, there are plenty of clues as to what she likely plans to do with this opportunity. Weiss in July 2020 loudly left her job as a junior editor in the Times’s opinion section, decrying legacy media and claiming “constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views” in her resignation letter to Times Publisher AG Sulzberger. A letter she, naturally, released to the public.

Oct. 16, 2025

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