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Bari Weiss Takes Over CBS News
from Trump’s Furries & ICE Wide Shut | The Tim Dillon Show #479 · #479
6 min
Tim discusses Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News, her background with the Free Press and University of Austin, and her specific bias regarding Israel that led to a falling out with him.
- Bari Weiss is the editor-in-chief of CBS News and is running the company into the ground at a pace that surprises even Tim.
- Bari Weiss was brought in from the Free Press because she knows what people want — debates between intellectuals in Austin, the supposed home of all free thinkers.
- Bari hires Tony Dokoupil because he confronted Ta-Nehesi Coates on air about the Israel-Palestine section of his book.
- Dokoupil tells Coates that without his name, awards, and book cover, that section's content would be out of place in an extremist's backpack.
- This moment is why Bari chooses Dokoupil for the job — she's selecting him based on that exchange.
- Tim argues Dokoupil's argument is cheap and not on the merits, essentially saying 'if I remove the context, you're Hitler.'
- Dokoupil gets promoted to anchor of CBS News because he stood up to Ta-Nehesi Coates.
- Tim clarifies he has no personal issue with Bari Weiss but notes she has a very specific bias regarding the actions of Israel.
- Tim and Bari had a falling out partly because she doesn't like him, though he still enjoys her company.
- Tim describes Bari Weiss as a fun, charming sociopath that he kind of likes.
Tony DokoupilBari WeissCBS NewsTa-Nehisi CoatesUniversity of AustinFree PressFriend of the show