CBS News
By Nick Anderson
Fri, Oct 03, 2025 • 8:00 PM
The corporate capture of American journalism just took another giant step backward. With billionaire David Ellison now pulling the strings at CBS News, and conservative polemicist Bari Weiss installed as editor-in-chief, the network has dropped its last pretense of independence. What we’re witnessing isn’t just a shake-up at a storied news division. It’s the slow-motion death of journalistic credibility on network television.
