Overview
- Weiss asked every CBS News employee to send her a memo by Tuesday detailing their daily work, proudest output, and what they see as broken or substandard, promising confidentiality and follow‑up meetings.
- The Writers Guild of America East advised represented staff to hold off responding until it gathers more information about the request, reflecting early labor caution.
- Some employees likened the directive to Elon Musk’s former government efficiency emails, while former CBS anchor Dan Rather criticized Weiss’s appointment as a “dark day” and questioned her lack of TV‑news management experience.
- Weiss has been visibly active in her first week, joining editorial meetings, meeting anchors in New York and Washington, and booking a high‑profile roundtable featuring Hillary Clinton, Antony Blinken and Mike Pompeo, expected to be led by Norah O’Donnell.
- Editorial scrutiny intensified as Fox News reported that CBS’s flagship broadcasts had not mentioned the Virginia attorney general controversy surrounding Jay Jones through Thursday, though CBS posted coverage online and on streaming.