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Bari Weiss wants ‘MAGA-coded’ CBS News anchor for 60 Minutes shake-up in latest network overhaul: report

The Independent·Bruce Golding·6 months ago
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CBS News boss Bari Weiss wants the ratings-challenged anchor of her flagship news broadcast to start contributing to 60 Minutes as part of her latest reported plan to exert greater control over the storied show.

Weiss is "opening up 60 Minutes to the news division," with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil expected to make appearances, the New York Post reports, citing an unidentified source.

Dokoupil began hosting the CBS Evening News in January, after the hiring of Weiss to be CBS News editor-in-chief by Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison, whose billionaire father, David Ellison, is a supporter and confidante of President Donald Trump.

But Dokoupil's tenure has been rocky, with his show mired in last place among the three major broadcast networks as critics have accused him of being "Trump-friendly" and "MAGA-coded."

In addition to Dokoupil, Weiss — founder of The Free Press , a conservative news outlet on Substack — wants CBS News correspondents, including Matt Gutman, to be part of a…

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