The network’s editor-in-chief unveiled a curious list of 19 people to be paid contributors across different platforms
A focus on wellness, nutrition, longevity and cosmology, mixed with more than a sprinkling of conservative ideology, appears to represent Bari Weiss’s vision to revitalize CBS News, and regain the trust of the network’s lost viewers and employees.
Editor-in-chief Weiss on Tuesday unveiled a curious list of 19 individuals – including podcasters, influencers, restaurateurs, climate deniers and a number of other opinionated writers – who will be paid contributors offering their wealth of wisdom and insight that will help CBS become, in her words, “fit for purpose in the 21st century”.
It is unclear in which context, or how often, any of them will appear. But in seeking to carve out a new direction for the troubled network, Weiss, alternately described by observers as a “millennial media maven” or a prolific “hawker of rightwing bile”, has assembled an extraordinary and eye-opening cast.
The network’s takeover by David Ellison, a billionaire ally of Donald Trump, and the appointment of Weiss, raised fears that CBS News could pander to the administration. Here is a look at some of the new contributors Weiss has recruited.
