Bari Weiss
b. 1984
The columnist bought and installed atop CBS News.
Bari Weiss is what ownership-driven media capture looks like at the personal level: a columnist whose Free Press was acquired by Paramount Skydance for roughly $150 million, and who was then installed as editor-in-chief of CBS News. Her elevation is the clearest single sign of the 'center' being reshaped from the top down.
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She was installed as editor-in-chief of CBS News after Paramount Skydance bought her Free Press.
FACTThe ~$150M deal (Oct. 2025) turned an opinion outlet into a launchpad to run a legacy network's journalism — ownership choosing the editor.
Her elevation exemplifies the ownership-driven bending of the media 'center.'
FACTThe nominally-neutral middle doesn't drift on its own; owners install the people who set what counts as reasonable — Weiss atop CBS News is the case in point.
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