Bari Weiss, Media Disruptor

City Journal Audio

Manhattan Institute

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean for American media when someone like Bari Weiss is tapped to lead one of the country's legacy news outlets? Rafael Mangual, Jesse Arm, Carolyn Gorman, and Kerry Soropoulos analyze Paramount's acquisition of The Free Press and the appointment of Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. The panel explores Weiss's track record of challenging orthodoxies and what her rise signals for journalism's future. They also discuss California's shifting political dynamics, spotlighting Representative Katie Porter's potential gubernatorial run.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the City Journal podcast.
0:12.9	My name is Rafael Oman-Guel.
0:14.3	I'll be your host for today.
0:15.3	And I am so happy to be joined by my awesome colleagues.
0:18.1	We've got Carolyn Gorman, Jesse Arm, and the wonderful Carrie Soropolis.
0:22.7	What's going on, everybody?
0:23.8	Thanks for joining us.
0:25.3	Hey, Ralph.
0:26.1	How you guys doing?
0:27.6	Good week so far, fun?
0:29.8	Halfway, halfway through.
0:32.6	So I suppose on this show we're supposed to talk about news and relevant stuff.
0:37.1	And I can't stop thinking about all the reactions to Barry Weiss and the free press being
0:42.2	bought up by Paramount and Barry Weiss being named the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.
0:48.6	Seems like good news.
0:49.8	I mean, I like the free press.
0:51.0	I like Barry.
0:51.9	I think it's great.
0:52.7	But a lot of people seem to be pretty pissed or at least very jealous.
0:57.8	And they're not doing a good job of hiding it.
1:00.4	Very jealous seems to be the key here, Ralph.
1:02.3	Yeah.
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