Bari Weiss’s First Day at CBS, Reporting on Mark Sanchez, and the GOAT-dom of Chris Berman

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David are back to discuss America’s Softest Target, why they’re sitting out of Taylor Swift discourse, and Bari Weis’ first day as editor in chief of CBS News. They get into the particulars of who Weiss is reporting to, what will her version of CBS News look like, and what it means that just 28% of Americans have a fair amount of trust in newspapers, television and radio. Then they get into the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and the reporting around Mark Sanchez’s arrest this weekend, They also share some football audio from this weekend, including Eric Collins’ first football game, and Greg Olson using an “only in journalism” phrase. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Producer: Kyle Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Danny Kelly and it's officially fantasy football season, which means the ringer fantasy football show is back with the latest news from around the NFL and everything you need to get ready for the fantasy football season.
0:11.1	So join us at the ringer fantasy football show on Spotify or on our new YouTube channel.
0:21.7	David? Yes.
0:23.4	I'd like to start out today's show with two of our favorite press box departments.
0:29.8	Okay.
0:30.9	Number one, America's softest target.
0:34.9	Oh, I can't wait.
0:36.1	This is where we nominate an individual or organization that has become so unpopular that
0:43.2	reporters can write critically about them without worrying about any kind of blowback.
0:49.0	Previous winners of America's Softest Target included Joe Biden, the people that ran Joe Biden's campaign,
0:56.2	Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison.
0:58.9	There was no Stan Army walking through that door
1:02.2	with any of those people.
1:04.3	Well, I would like to nominate today
1:06.8	WNBA Commissioner Kathy Engelbert.
1:09.9	Ha ha ha, habert Oh, God, okay.
1:16.5	Is there a pro-Englebert
1:18.2	caucus out there?
1:20.4	No.
1:21.4	Who was standing up to defend her
1:23.2	after Nefiza Collier
1:24.5	talked about the officiating,
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