{"id":4754,"date":"2026-07-23T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:06:37","slug":"crazy-inside-the-frantic-chaos-of-cbs-as-bari-weiss-flip-flopped-on-trump-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=4754","title":{"rendered":"‘Crazy’: Inside the ‘frantic’ chaos of CBS as Bari Weiss flip-flopped on Trump speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and network leadership left network stations across the country scrambling after reversing course at least three times about whether or not to air President Donald Trump\u2019s speech about election interference last week, an employee told Raw Story.<\/p>

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The staffer of a CBS affiliate, who requested anonymity due to employment concerns, told Raw Story that the network came down to the wire, changing decisions multiple times and sending conflicting messages to producers about if it would broadcast Trump\u2019s speech about election interference and his continued false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.<\/p>

\u201cWe’re panicking. CBS Evening News is about to be on in like 15 minutes, and they still haven’t told us,\u201d the employee said. \u201cFinally, Network comes on the intercom and says everybody’s been asking them, are they gonna carry the address? And the answer is no, they’re not planning to, but they will have it on their streaming service.\u201d <\/p>

But then, 45 minutes before Trump\u2019s speech began, affiliates pivoted again when an intercom announcement told them CBS was changing course, the employee said.<\/p>

\u201cThe person who makes the announcement sounded super frantic and said actually they are going to be airing the address,\u201d the employee said.<\/p>

A third change came just a few minutes later when employees received an email that Trump\u2019s speech would be a special report featuring \u201ca segment of the address,\u201d the employee said. The stations were told to plan for 20 to 30 minutes of remarks, according to an internal email viewed by Raw Story.<\/p>

\u201cThey were jerking us back and forth, and it’s very similar to what they did on the Fourth of July,\u201d the employee said of Trump\u2019s keynote address during the \u201cSalute to America 250\u201d event on the National Mall. <\/p>

Trump\u2019s July 16 speech ultimately aired on Fox News and MS NOW, in addition to CBS, where the 11th-hour reversals \u201csurprised\u201d staffers who largely opposed airing the remarks, Status reported<\/u>.<\/p>

CNN, ABC and NBC did not air the speech live<\/u>, and Trump has since threatened<\/u> to revoke the licenses of those networks because of it.<\/p>

\u201cElection interference is such a radioactive issue right now, so I can imagine in a newsroom, people really sitting down in a conference room and hashing this out,\u201d said Kevin Mercuri, an executive-in-residence at Emerson College teaching public affairs and public relations. <\/p>

\u201cIt’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t scenario because if you carry the speech, then you\u2019re platforming something that isn’t true. You’re platforming a lie, and if you do platform it, you’re helping to perpetuate that lie.\u201d <\/p>

From watching the special report, the CBS employee said \u201cthere is clearly an argument going on,\u201d and placed the blame on Weiss.<\/p>

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\u201cI think she’s incapable. This, to me, was an inability to make an executive decision. It’s 100% Bari Weiss, and I’m sure she’s worried about everybody else at CBS News quitting, so when they’re arguing, I can see her waffling,\u201d the employee said.<\/p>

\u201cTo change your mind that many times that close up to the address was just crazy to us.\u201d<\/p>

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\"\"<\/figure>\n CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and Michael Kives attend the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 8, 2026. REUTERS\/Brendan McDermid<\/small> CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and Michael Kives attend the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 8, 2026. REUTERS\/Brendan McDermid <\/small> <\/p>

CBS has come under fire in recent months after letting go of top \u201c60 Minutes\u201d talent like Scott Pelley and after Weiss pulled<\/u> a segment on deportees from the U.S. being held prisoner in Venezuela, a decision called \u201cpolitical\u201d by the story\u2019s correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.<\/p>

Numerous other high-profile CBS employees, from Alfonsi to Anderson Cooper and Cecilia Vega, have either been let go or have resigned<\/u> from the network.<\/p>

Last year Paramount, which owns CBS, agreed<\/u> to a $16 million settlement for a lawsuit from Trump about the editing of a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview with his 2024 Democratic presidential opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>

\u201cI’m sure they were getting pressure, and they’re scared of getting sued again, so I’m sure that was ultimately what got them, is we don’t need Trump’s ire anymore,\u201d the employee said.<\/p>

Mercuri, who is CEO of Propheta Communications, a New York City-based public relations firm, said CBS\u2019s decision to ultimately air the speech was \u201ca bitter pill\u201d for the network to swallow in \u201cavoiding additional scrutiny from the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>

“Bari Weiss, for me, is the square peg in a round hole. She has an amazing r\u00e9sum\u00e9. It’s just not suitable for CBS, especially at this time,” Mercuri said.<\/p>

The CBS employee said the on-air talent ultimately handled the pivots well and did a good job of fact-checking, but warned \u201cthis won’t be the last time\u201d the network vacillates while under Weiss\u2019 leadership on whether or not to air Trump\u2019s speeches.<\/p>

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CBS Television Stations did not respond to Raw Story\u2019s request for comment.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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