"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
CBS News' massive transformation is facing high-profile departures, internal controversies over editorial independence, and abysmal ratings. Whether Weiss can save CBS News remains highly uncertain.
When I interviewed him in the White House during his first term, he didn't attack. He acknowledged my questions and bobbed and weaved, quickly pivoting to another topic without giving me a clear answer.
Unlike other armed conflicts where journalists were embedded with U.S. troops and brought in to document casualties and atrocities, censorship is ruling the day even in democratic countries. And it's outrageous.
The larger story has become a fixation for cable news and Sunday shows, all aimed at the mystery of why these members of the elite establishment would aid this despicable child molester years after his 2008 guilty plea.
"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."