Bari Weiss Defends ’60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’

Dec 24, 2025 11:38am PT Bari Weiss Defends ’60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’ By Brian Steinberg Plus Icon Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor bristei Latest Bari Weiss Defends ’60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’ 1 hour ago Bari Weiss’ CBS News Gaffes Pile Up as Paramount Tries to Woo Warner 2 days ago Talaya Gaines Jumps to ESPN for Talent Relations VP Role 2 days ago See All for Uber, X and The What did CBS News management get staffers for Christmas? A memo doubling down on a controversial decision that has roiled the Paramount Skydance news unit and drawn torrents of criticism. In a note to staff sent hours before the start of Christmas Eve, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss, President Tom Cibrowski and new senior editors Charles Forelle and Adam Rubenstein insisted a move to delay a “60 Minutes” report by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi was enacted “to make sure it is comprehensive and fair.” The signatures on the memo mark what is believed to be the first tacit appearance of a new CBS News editorial “masthead” that Weiss expects to get more entrenched in the newsgathering process at the company, according to people familiar with the matter.