Article in Huffpost by Ben Blanchet, 10/26/26
Headline: “Dan Rather Spent Much Of His Iconic Career At CBS News — Now, He Says, It’s A ‘Disaster'”
Subhead: “The 94-year-old former news anchor delivered a brutal assessment of how the network is looking under Bari Weiss.”
“. . . Rather — in an interview with Variety published on Monday — said it’s been “in many ways a disaster” since Skydance acquired CBS News as part of its merger with Paramount Global in 2025. Skydance CEO David Ellison then handpicked Bari Weiss to serve as CBS News’ editor-in-chief, ushering in a rightward shift at the network along with major shakeups at its ’60 Minutes’ news magazine. . .”
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