News Brief: IDF-Funding Mega-Billionaire Buys CBS News, Installs Bari Weiss to Enforce Ideological Discipline
In this patron-only News Brief, we discuss the Ellison family's recent purchase of Paramount, CBS News, the TikTok algorithm, and potentially CNN and HBO; their installation of Bari Weiss as pro-Israel ideological enforcer at CBS; the retconning of Free Press as a scrappy upstart; and how all this means U.S. media's already horrible coverage of Palestinians is set to get much worse.
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Show Notes
Bari Weiss and the post-liberal media order
Adam Johnson | October 8, 2025 | The Real News Network
Adam Johnson | October 8, 2025 | In These Times
‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’
Prem Thakker | October 5, 2025 | Zeteo
Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media
Jack Mirkinson | September 4, 2025 | The Nation
CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner
David Folkenfilk | September 12, 2025 | NPR
Jewish business leaders transform media landscape with $8 billion deal
July 31, 2024 | Jerusalem Post
Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News
Benjamin MullinLauren Hirsch and Michael M. Grynbaum | October 6, 2025 | The New York Times
Bari Weiss outlines 10 principles that will guide her leadership of CBS News
Sara Fischer | October 6, 2025 | Axios
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Credits
Senior Producer: Florence Barrau-Adams
Producer: Julianne Tveten
Production Assistant: Trendel Lightburn
Newsletter: Marco Cartolano
Music: Grandaddy
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