MAGA-fried Bari Weiss Clown Show ushers in new era of corporate meddling and editorial fear @CBSNews

 

Headline:  Raw Story, 5/1/2026

Photo by Retiring Guy's dad (1959)

Adam Nichols reports:

But, speaking Thursday night at the National Press Club while accepting the Ridenhour prize for courage, Alfonsi publicly addressed the controversy for the first time. "I will not linger on the internal mechanics of the dust-up at CBS that led to our CECOT story being pulled, but we have to be honest about what it represents," she said. 

"It wasn't an isolated editorial argument. In my view, it was the result of a more aggressive contagion: the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear. It's hard to watch." She went on, 

"Some executives are asking not, 'Is the story true?' But, 'Is it good for business?'"  [emphasis added]

Echoing the words of former CBS bossman Leslie Moonves.

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