Bari Weiss and the Media Landscape
America's once diverse news landscape is being remade under the control of a few.
Bari Weiss, by taking the helm of CBS News, is silencing herself, a counterintuitive view of the most talked-about media executive of the year.
- Her suitability for the editor-in-chief role has been endlessly scrutinized.
- She earned a full episode of John Oliver's Last Week Tonight.
- Media reporters have closely documented her first steps in the job.
She's being captured.
Weiss positioned the Free Press as the authentic voice of scrappy media outsiders.
Author's summary: Bari Weiss's new role at CBS News sparks scrutiny.