Bari Weiss Blog Posts
The Insight: Is CBS Becoming Right-wing?
The Insight / June 12th, 2026 / by AllSides Staff
Paramount bought CBS last year and installed “radical centrist” Bari Weiss as the editor-in-chief of CBS News. Firings and editorial controversies have been grabbing headlines ever since.
See moreShakeups at CBS
Story of the Week / June 11th, 2026 / by AllSides Staff
Ever since new owner David Ellision appointed Free Press founder Bari Weiss to run CBS News there’s been controversy about how she’s doing and what it means for media more broadly.
See moreParamount Buys ‘The Free Press’; Bari Weiss Becomes Editor-in-Chief of CBS
Story of the Week / October 9th, 2025 / by AllSides
In a $150 million deal announced Tuesday, Paramount bought Bari Weiss’s Free Press (Lean Right bias). Weiss has been named the new editor-in-chief of CBS News (Lean Left).Weiss has worked for Tablet (...
See moreAnti-Woke Liberals Became What They Claim to Hate
Opinion / February 17th, 2025 / by Clare Ashcraft
Influencers and new media institutions that claim to be nuanced and uphold classical liberal values have been slipping toward “anti-wokeness” for a while, abandoning their principles for audience appe...
See moreWhat Bari Weiss’ Resignation from the New York Times Says About Media Bias – and About AllSides
Bias / July 27th, 2020 / by AllSides Staff
Weiss’ concerns about media bias and intolerance of diverse views are worth highlighting, as this is essentially why AllSides exists. The high-profile resignation of writer Bari Weiss from the New Yor...
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