Cheek kisses between Bari Weiss and Donald Trump following '60 Minutes' interview rankle CBS staff
During his November return to 60 Minutes, the iconic news show he had accused of election interference just a year prior, Donald Trump heaped praise on the “great new leader” who had just been put in charge of CBS News.
“I don't know her, but I hear she's a great person,” the president gushed about Bari Weiss, the “anti-woke” founder of the neoconservative site The Free Press and recently installed editor-in-chief of the network.
Moments after the president lauded Weiss, whom he made a point of saying he didn’t personally know, correspondent Norah O’Donnell wrapped up the interview and thanked Trump for his time. It was at this point, according to four people familiar with the situation, things got extremely chummy on the set between Weiss and the president.
Following the initial end to the sitdown, O’Donnell and Trump engaged in a bit of small talk, which saw the president once again express how excited he was about the new leadership at CBS News and “how great” Weiss would be for the network. Besides praising Weiss during the interview, Trump had also applauded Paramount chief David Ellison, who had recently purchased CBS News’ parent company and is the son of his close pal Larry Ellison.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bari-weiss-donald-trump-60-minutes-interview-b2901928.html
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