‘CBS Evening News’ talent is jumping ship fast under new anchor Tony Dokoupil.
Altogether, 11 staffers opted for the buyouts, according to the Post, which cited sources with knowledge of the matter.Another source said, “Seems like people are jumping ship.”The buyout offer came after Weiss, 41, dared the newsroom to quit if they couldn’t get behind her vision at an all-hands meeting.
Weiss has set out to give the network a MAGA-friendly makeover since CBS’s new nepobaby owner, David Ellison, the son of Trump megadonor Larry Ellison, put her in charge in October. Weiss’s troubled start as CBS News boss has been underscored by CBS Evening News’ crashing ratings and Dokoupil’s gaffe-filled tenure as anchor.“It’s a free country, and I completely respect if you decide I’m not the right leader for you, or this isn’t the right place at the right time,” said the former anti-woke opinion columnist, who had no professional experience in TV news before assuming her new role.His debut broadcast was filled with awkward moments as he frequently stumbled over the teleprompter. Later, a series of awkward sign-offs, one of which saw the 45-year-old formerco-host “salute” Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the “ultimate Florida man,” have drawn ridicule. Weiss replaced John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois with Dokoupil after reportedly failing to recruit Fox News host Bret Baier and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. In the all-hands meeting, Weiss compared the nearly 100-year-old network to that of a start-up under her leadership. “But startups aren’t for everyone. They’re places that move at a rapid speed. They experiment. They try new things. They sometimes create noise and, yes, bad press,” she said.segment that delved into the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador’s CECOT megaprison. Last week, anti-aging influencer Peter Attia, whom she had recently hired as a contributor, was revealed to have had a close relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS has not yet fired Attia, 52, although it shelved plans to re-run a
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