A ‘wellness bro’, a cosmologist and an RFK Jr crony: meet Bari Weiss’s new CBS News contributors
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#73783)
The network's editor-in-chief unveiled a curious list of 19 people to be paid contributors across different platforms
A focus on wellness, nutrition, longevity and cosmology, mixed with more than a sprinkling of conservative ideology, appears to represent Bari Weiss's vision to revitalize CBS News, and regain the trust of the network's lost viewers and employees.
Editor-in-chief Weiss on Tuesday unveiled a curious list of 19 individuals - including podcasters, influencers, restaurateurs, climate deniers and a number of other opinionated writers - who will be paid contributors offering their wealth of wisdom and insight that will help CBS become, in her words, fit for purpose in the 21st century".
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