menu_open Columnists
David Bauder

David Bauder

Salon

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

CBS News won’t celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edward R. Murrow’s radio network. It will cancel it instead

When it went on the air in September 1927, the service was the precursor to the entire network.

previous day 5

Fortune

David Bauder

Colbert’s CBS protest on YouTube viewed over 5 million times as he refuses to be silenced

Stephen Colbert isn't backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show.

18.02.2026 4

Fortune

David Bauder

Anderson Cooper leaves CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ after 20-year affiliation

Cooper's exit from the most prestigious show in television news is sure to raise questions about whether it had anything to do with Bari Weiss.

17.02.2026 3

Fortune

David Bauder

Washington Post publisher to step down after big layoffs as union calls his legacy ‘attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution’

His tenure has been rocky from the start, marked by layoffs and a failed reorganization plan that led to the departure of former top editor Sally...

08.02.2026 5

Fortune

David Bauder

After adding Trump administration statements, ’60 Minutes’ to air report on deportations that Bari Weiss abruptly pulled

When the segment critical of the administration was struck from the Dec. 21 episode, Alfonsi told her “60 Minutes” colleagues that it “was not...

19.01.2026 10

Fortune

David Bauder

New York Times refuses to back down after more ‘Enemies of the People’ rhetoric from Trump

The paper had been labeled "perhaps even treasonous" by the president for reporting on questions over his seeming ill health.

11.12.2025 7

Fortune

David Bauder

Jimmy Kimmel signs ABC extension through 2027

ABC has aired Kimmel's late-night show since 2003, during a time of upheaval in the industry and, recently, much criticism from President Trump.

09.12.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder

Olivia Nuzzi to leave Vanity Fair while denouncing ex-fiance Ryan Lizza’s Substack attack as ‘fiction-slash-revenge porn’

Through a miserable week as her "American Canto" was panned and scandalous revelations mounted, Nuzzi posted about “Signs Your Book Rollout Has Gone...

06.12.2025 8

Fortune

David Bauder

‘You’re going to be screaming into the void. You’re going to be useless’: 21-year-old aspiring journalist reveals Gen Z hatred, apathy about media

Asked by the News Literacy Project for one word to describe today's news media, 84% of teens responded with something negative — “boring,”...

01.12.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder

Trump pressures ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel as Epstein monologue jokes go for jugular

Kimmel's show Wednesday night began with a blistering monologue, the first 10 minutes concentrated on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

23.11.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder

‘He’s going to capture the young people’: Zohran Mamdani’s emergence as right-wing bogeyman belies fear of the future

A New York Post cover that depicted Mamdani holding aloft the Soviet Union's hammer and sickle symbol sold out by noon and was offered on e-Bay for...

19.11.2025 7

Fortune

David Bauder

Epstein emails reveal close, too close relationship between disgraced sex offender and journalists in his orbit

Kathleen Bartzen Culver of the Center for Journalism Ethics says there are real dilemmas, “giving PR advice to a convicted sex offender isn't one of...

15.11.2025 9

Fortune

David Bauder

Trump nails BBC on similar tape-editing claim that led to controversial ’60 Minutes’ settlement as news chief, director-general resign

In the BBC edit, different parts of Trump's 2021 Capitol speech are edited to appear as a single quote.

12.11.2025 6

Fortune

David Bauder

CBS posts full transcript, video of Trump interview with ’60 Minutes,’ prompting outcry over edits left on cutting room floor

Jorge Bonilla, writing for the conservative media watchdog Newsbusters, wrote, “It appears that the Bari Weiss era is now full upon us at CBS News.”

04.11.2025 6

Fortune

David Bauder

Over 26 million watched Jimmy Kimmel’s return and the vast majority were on YouTube, where Sinclair and Nexstar couldn’t block them

Four Democratic senators said late Tuesday that they wanted to investigate the relationship between the affiliates and President Trump's...

25.09.2025 5

Fortune

David Bauder

‘Where has all the leadership gone?’: Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner blasts Kimmel suspension

"If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners and corporate chief executives standing up to bullies, then who will step up for the...

20.09.2025 7

Fortune

David Bauder

FCC chief considers charging Kimmel, ABC with spreading misinformation over jokes, remarks about the ideology of Charlie Kirk assassin

“We’re reinvigorating the FCC’s enforcement of the public interest,” Brendan Carr said on CNBC, “and I think that’s a good thing.”

19.09.2025 5

Fortune

David Bauder

Jimmy Kimmel suspended indefinitely by ABC after affiliates revolt over series of Charlie Kirk comments

Kimmel, among other things, said that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

18.09.2025 7

Fortune

David Bauder

Right-wing activists, claiming they’re at ‘war,’ are hunting down liberals they say celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death — and trying to get them fired

Trump, confronted by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's criticism of social media, responded: “Well, it’s not a cancer in all respects. In some respects, it...

17.09.2025 8

Fortune

David Bauder

MSNBC parts ways with analyst Matthew Dowd over comments about why Charlie Kirk died

Dowd, a paid political analyst, is “no longer with the network," and MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler and Dowd both issued public apologies.

11.09.2025 6

Fortune

David Bauder

Democratic contender Andy Beshear of Kentucky launches podcast on SiriusXM

Beshear said on NBC's “Meet the Press” this summer that he will “take a look” at running for president in 2028.

05.09.2025 5

Fortune

David Bauder

Goodbye Colbert, hello Bari Weiss? Paramount stands at fork in the road after finally winning FCC approval

After the merger's Aug. 7 closing date, the new leaders will be watched most closely for how they deal with CBS News, particularly given the $16...

26.07.2025 8

Fortune

David Bauder

While Trump celebrates the demise of Stephen Colbert’s show, the economics of late-night TV are crumbling

As recently as 2018, broadcast networks took in $439 million in ad revenue for its late-night programs. Last year, that number dwindled to $220...

19.07.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are angry about their parent company Paramount’s $16 million Trump settlement—a ‘big fat bribe’

Colbert's “bribe” reference was to the pending sale of Paramount to Skydance Media, which needs Trump administration approval.

16.07.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder

NPR is suing Trump, saying his executive order to cut funding to its network of 246 stations is based on authority he doesn’t have

"The executive order seeks to force NPR to adapt its journalistic standards and editorial choices to the preferences of the government,” NPR's CEO...

28.05.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder

CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms

McMahon has made clear she opposes settling with Trump — just like “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who quit last month.

20.05.2025 6

Fortune

David Bauder

Rachel Maddow will return to her nightly MSNBC perch five nights a week to cover the early months of the second Trump administration

Maddow stepped back from her five-night-a-week television schedule in 2022.

13.01.2025 10

Fortune

David Bauder