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CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss reportedly took the organization’s president Tom Cibrowski by surprise as she tapped former Wall Street Journal editor Charles Forelle as one of her top deputies. Weiss announced the move during a Tuesday morning editorial call,
Saying he was ‘flattered’ by all of the media attention the speculation has received, Bret Baier added that ‘we’ll see what happens at the end’ of his Fox News contract.
As Weiss navigates her first month at CBS News, she’s reportedly considered various household names to help her fulfill her mission of “building the most trusted news organization of the 21st Century” while also generating buzz for a network whose programming has faced a precipitous ratings decline and drawn political scrutiny.
Weiss met with Jennings at the Tiffany Network's New York headquarters last week, according to the news site Semafor.
Newly appointed CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is wasting no time shaking things up — and insiders say her first big swing is a direct hit at The View by developing a brand-new daytime panel show — NOT a reboot of The Talk — that is quietly being billed as The Right View.