Bari Weiss ‘Personally Directed’ Controversial Headline in Abdul El-Sayed Article to Mention 9/11: Report
CBS News faced criticism after a report highlighted deleted 9/11 posts by Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and the headline was later changed.
- On Tuesday, CBS News altered its headline regarding Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed after widespread criticism that the original title unfairly linked him to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
- Published early Monday, the original report by Zak Hudak scrutinized since-deleted tweets where El-Sayed compared the COVID-19 death toll to 9/11 and criticized the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
- Georgia Democratic Rep. Ruwa Romman and Krystal Ball denounced the framing as 'mask off anti-Muslim bigotry' and 'deranged,' while far-right commentator Ben Shapiro championed the headline.
- Status reporter Oliver Darcy reported that CBS editor in chief Bari Weiss 'personally directed' the framing, urging staff to mention deleted posts during editorial meetings.
- Recent departures of veteran journalists including Anderson Cooper and Scott Pelley follow the controversy, as observers link Weiss's editorial direction to her stated position of 'defending Israel' amid El-Sayed's criticism of the Gaza siege.
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It did not take a lot of special insight to suspect that recently installed CBS News boss Bari Weiss played some role in the production of a story the outlet ran on Monday, headlined "Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past remarks." If you know even a little bit about Weiss, you know that such a story combines two of her favorite things: talking about people's old tweets and blatant Islamoph…
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Bari Weiss reportedly ordered CBS to put El-Sayed’s deleted 9/11 posts in the headline - The Daily Bo Snerdley
BS BULLETIN: CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss personally directed that a headline about Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed specifically mention his deleted posts referencing the Sept. 11 attacks, according to Status reporter Oliver Darcy. The underlying CBS story revealed previously unreported deleted posts in which El-Sayed compared the mounting COVID death toll to 9/11 and argued America should wage a similarly determined “wa…
Bari Weiss personally ordered the 9/11 angle in explosive El-Sayed headline: report
Bari Weiss ‘Personally Directed’ Controversial Headline in Abdul El-Sayed Article to Mention 9/11: Report
AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss “personally directed” the September 11, 2001 terror attacks to be included in a headline for a controversial article about Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, Oliver Darcy reported in his Status newsletter Monday. The article in question, titled “Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past rem…
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