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J.D. Tuccille: Americans no longer trust the news media. Bari Weiss is here to save it

The institutional backlash may prove to be too much, but she deserves credit for trying

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As amusing as former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley’s public tantrum was after his firing from CBS News, it’s impossible to know whether the network’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, will succeed in her mission to remake and revive the once-respected media colossus. Even less clear is whether she could help CNN, which rumour has it she may also soon run. What’s obvious, though, is that somebody needs to make changes at America’s news operations or they’ll continue to cater to a dwindling and increasingly distrustful audience. Weiss deserves credit for at least trying.

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“She’s murdering 60 Minutes,” Pelley, who to all appearances is the embodiment of pomposity in a suit, allegedly said of Weiss. “She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that.” Pelley also accused the recently hired chief editor of inserting political spin into the network’s reporting — a curious accusation given that by his own telling, as well as that of his former colleagues, Weiss is concerned that political opinions already permeate CBS News.

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