READ: Bari Weiss’s First Memo to CBS Staff

Isaac Schorr Oct 6th, 2025, 10:29 am

Bari Weiss , the former journalist, Free Press founder, and newly-minted editor-in-chief of CBS News, sent her first memo to CBS staff on Monday morning.

Weiss’s appointment has ruffled the feathers of many progressives who view her as agent of the right. On Monday, Weiss sought to dispel concerns and articulate the principles that would animate her leadership.

The memo reads, in full :

Dear Colleagues:

I am thrilled and humbled to be writing to you as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.

Growing up, CBS was a deep family tradition. Whenever I hear that or that trumpet fanfare, it sends me right back to our den in Pittsburgh. The opportunity to build on that legacy with you—and to renew it in a

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