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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCBS News chief Bari Weiss holds another 60 Minutes story critical of Trump's policies
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bari-weiss-60-minutes-anderson-cooper-trump-b2897530.html#Echobox=1767973500CBS News boss Bari Weiss has put another 60 Minutes story critical of Donald Trumps policies on hold, a new report claims.
Veteran journalist Anderson Cooper spent months working on the piece, said to be about the administrations decision to accept South African refugees, the newsletter Status reports.
The as-yet unaired segment was viewed by producers in December with Weiss subsequently giving extensive editorial feedback, the outlet claims. The story was all but guaranteed to provoke Trump and had an abnormal level of review, Status adds.
. . .
Sources told the newsletter that a meeting was held to persuade Weiss into approving the story's release, unsuccessfully. Cooper has yet to comment on the story allegedly being pulled. . . .
Veteran journalist Anderson Cooper spent months working on the piece, said to be about the administrations decision to accept South African refugees, the newsletter Status reports.
The as-yet unaired segment was viewed by producers in December with Weiss subsequently giving extensive editorial feedback, the outlet claims. The story was all but guaranteed to provoke Trump and had an abnormal level of review, Status adds.
. . .
Sources told the newsletter that a meeting was held to persuade Weiss into approving the story's release, unsuccessfully. Cooper has yet to comment on the story allegedly being pulled. . . .
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss holds another 60 Minutes story critical of Trump's policies (Original Post)
CousinIT
Friday
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Bari Weiss to change name of 60 Minutes to, 47 Minutes! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
Friday
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sheshe2
(95,953 posts)1. She is one of trumps handmaidens.
UTUSN
(76,981 posts)2. K&R for, she's blatant now, if she was ever hiding.
Kid Berwyn
(23,031 posts)3. CBS once was owned and operated by good Americans.
The new ownership has certainly revealed a fascist bent.
Paladin
(32,303 posts)4. Fuck this shit.
And fuck CBS, until it's rid of Bari Weiss.
MustLoveBeagles
(14,805 posts)5. Bari Weiss keeps showing her ass
CBS IS DEAD TO ME.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,846 posts)7. Bari Weiss to change name of 60 Minutes to, 47 Minutes! Thank you for your attention to this matter.