As CBS News undergoes a regime change under Paramount ‘s new ownership, John Oliver is alarmed by the new hire.

With David Ellison ‘s takeover and subsequently appointing Bari Weiss to editor-in-chief of CBS News, the comedian used Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to call out her questionable op-ed background at The New York Times and her own outlet, The Free Press, as well as her outspoken stance against DEI.

“The truth is, we wouldn’t even have done this story were it not for the fact that Bari Weiss has just been named editor-in-chief of CBS News, and that feels different,” he noted at the end of Sunday’s episode. “Because there are many opinion-heavy outlets out there, from left to right, and with low to high editorial standards.

“This show is, among other things, an opi

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