Overview
- In a new Variety interview, George Clooney said “Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak” and argued ABC and CBS should have fought Trump’s lawsuits rather than settle.
- Weiss responded with a public invitation for Clooney to visit the CBS Broadcast Center and noted she is working on a January 5 relaunch of the Evening News.
- Weiss was installed as editor-in-chief in October by Paramount Skydance leadership after David Ellison took control following the Skydance–Paramount merger.
- Her tenure has drawn internal criticism after she held a 60 Minutes report on Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, which she said was not ready to air.
- House Democrats are investigating whether Paramount’s reported $16 million settlement with Trump was connected to securing approval of the Skydance deal, as ABC reportedly paid $15 million in a separate case.