Inside Bari Weiss’s First 2 Weeks at CBS

The 60 Minutes reporters - including standouts Anderson Cooper, who doubles as a long-time CNN anchor, and Lesley Stahl - see themselves as impartial, the insiders said.

Her background as a vocal opinion journalist with no previous broadcast experience has made her a controversial pick for editor-in-chief.

She co-founded The Free Press, which Paramount Skydance is acquiring, and formerly worked as a NY Times opinion editor, but left the role due to the company's 'illiberal environment' in 2020.

Her hiring by new Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, the son of billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison, made waves within the CBS newsroom after a tumultuous year.

Paramount ultimately agreed to pay Trump $16 million to settle the lawsuit.

That settlement paved the way for the administration's approval of an $8billion merger between Skydance Media and Paramount in August.

CBS News - specifically 60 Minutes - was also heavily criticized for its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.

Stahl was slammed after she asked former hostage Keith Siegel if Hamas terrorists starved him on purpose or if they just did not have any food to hand out.

Seigel, who spent 484 days in captivity, replied: 'No, I think they starved me, and they would often eat in front of me and not offer me food.'

Not long after, 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens and CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon both resigned over concerns with the company's direction.