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Bari Weiss is CBS' editor in chief

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By David Folkenflik

Published October 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM EDT

Bari Weiss quit The New York Times to launch The Free Press. Now, she's joining CBS News as its top editor.

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David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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