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MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Plots Massive Risk as Backlash Spirals

The Daily Beast

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June 26, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Plots Massive Risk as Backlash Spirals

Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Uber, X and The Free PressBari Weiss is considering the risk of a high-profile interview with The New York Times to try to calm the firestorm engulfing her leadership of CBS News. The 42-year-old has stayed mostly quiet as anger has built over her MAGA-flavored overhaul of the network and, in particular, what critics describe as her gutting of the storied investigative program 60 Minutes.https://x.com/bencrellin/status/2070269577603293530?s=46Weiss has been weighing an appearance on the Times’ podcast The Daily with Michael Barbaro as her interviewer, according to Status. A CBS News spokesperson played down the talk, telling the outlet, “If Bari wanted to do an interview, she’d do an interview.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

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