Patriots should celebrate what just happened at CBS News: Paramount Skydance moved boldly to acquire Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and immediately installed Weiss in a newly created editor-in-chief role at CBS News, a seismic shift for a network long accused of liberal groupthink. The deal was announced on October 6, 2025, and it signals that new ownership under David Ellison is serious about shaking up an ossified media culture.
This wasn’t a quiet merger of two sleepy outlets — The Free Press grew from a scrappy startup into a major national voice since 2021, racking up a big audience and attention that traditional outlets could only dream of, and Paramount even lifted The Free Press paywall for a launch week to introduce it to millions. That kind of momentum is exactly what CBS needs if it wants to stop losing the public’s trust and start competing for honest, non-ideological coverage.
Make no mistake: this was a corporate decision with a political spine. Bari Weiss will report directly to David Ellison and will partner with existing CBS News leadership to reshape editorial priorities across TV, streaming, and digital platforms — a direct challenge to the monoculture that has dominated newsroom decision making for years. If you doubt the stakes, remember this is a power play by the new Paramount leadership to modernize content and win back skeptical Americans.
Unsurprisingly, the reaction inside CBS has been turbulent. Reports describe stunned silence in editorial meetings after Weiss pressed “60 Minutes” staffers on why much of the country thinks the program is biased, and there are already reports of senior standards personnel exiting amid the shakeup. Union leaders and entrenched staffers are pushing back, which only proves how necessary an editorial reset is when the people running the show reflexively defend woke orthodoxies.
Conservatives should not fall into the trap of complacent skepticism; this is exactly the kind of disruption we have been calling for when it comes to reclaiming American institutions. Expect resistance, leaks, and histrionics from the old guard — those are the predictable tactics of a threatened establishment — but also expect better journalism, more fairness, and a newsroom culture that tolerates disagreement instead of punishing it.
Now is the time for patriots to engage, watch, and reward outlets that actually try to serve the entire country rather than a narrow ideological elite. Tune in, subscribe, and demand accountability — both from the new leadership at CBS and from every other outlet pretending objectivity while pushing a partisan line. This fight for a free press that serves freedom is worth every ounce of attention we can give it.
