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Bari Weiss: From 'Professor Watch Lists' And Self-Victimization To Media Empire

2025-10-12 News & Politics
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Bari Weiss’s Ascent: From NYT Outlier to Senior Advisor at CBS News Amid Media Consolidation

Understand how Bari Weiss weaponized perceived cancellation to secure high influence within mainstream corporate media, directly impacting speech oversight at CBS News.

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  • Weiss secured a senior advisory role at CBS News after the Paramount Sky Dance merger, positioning her to influence major network journalism.
  • Her current stance as a "free speech" champion directly contrasts with her past efforts to pressure universities regarding faculty speech.
  • Klion argues Weiss functions to launder far-right narratives into elite institutions, analogous to Matt Drudge but operating internally.
  • The discussion reveals clear ideological throughlines in her work, including anti-Muslim sentiment and strong alignment with pro-Trump efforts until direct government overreach occurs.

This analysis, featuring David Klion, traces Bari Weiss’s career from her contentious exit from the New York Times to the massive success of her Substack publication, The Free Press. The discussion evaluates the inherent contradictions in her free speech advocacy, especially concerning her new institutional power structure at CBS.

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Columnist at The Nation, David Klion joins us to discuss Bari Weiss’ new role as top advisor at CBS News. Live-streamed on September 19, 2025. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube OR via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.fm Check out David's work at ⁨ ⁨@thenation⁩ and ⁨@jewishcurrents7383⁩ : https://jewishcurrents.org/author/david-klion + https://www.thenation.com/authors/david-klion/ Send us IM messages during the live-stream with our free Majority Report App: http://majority.fm/app Subscribe to MR's daily AM Quickie newsletter: https://am-quickie.ghost.io Find all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com Become a Majority Report member: https://fans.fm/majority/join More from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Our alt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive

Top Comments (10)

@1martyshannon 2025-10-12

She is one of the most under-covered grifters of the last decade and I’m so happy more people are learning about her

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@hendrycksputt7165 2025-10-12

CBS logo being an eye is starting to make a lot more sense now

136 3 replies
@MarcusAurelius-y9k 2025-10-12

The enshitification of Amerikkka is almost complete

42 1 replies
@SeaSawHorse 2025-10-12

It's well established at this point that the fastest way to get ahead in American media is to pick the most odious causes, and then doggedly defend them against all restraints of truth and morality

42 1 replies
@bakabaka98573 2025-10-13

I encourage everyone to look up who Professor Refaat Alareer was and his biography, at the very least. Someone who committed their life to spreading light, love, and language. FP

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@burgerpocalypse 2025-10-12

i had no idea she was gay until that awful speech she did at the heritage foundation. she's so confident that she will be protected

38 1 replies
@will_from_pa 2025-10-12

If there was a grifter hall of fame, she'd be first ballot no question

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@rexstout8177 2025-10-12

She's just a slightly more stable version of the creature from the Loomer lagoon. Otherwise identical.

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@knn6215 2025-10-12

These words have so much more meaning today: Good Night and Good Luck

24 2 replies
@Cauldron6 2025-10-12

It will be incredible to see how completely she will destroy any loosely remaining legitimacy CBS News has. The future, with dunces like Bari in charge, is bleak.

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