Trevor Phillips Defends Bari Weiss's CBS Vision as 1 New Hire Backs 'Heterodox' Newsroom
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 3
Trevor Phillips Defends Bari Weiss's CBS Vision as 1 New Hire Backs 'Heterodox' Newsroom
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 3
Summary
Trevor Phillips, newly hired for CBS News and "60 Minutes," said Bari Weiss is building a "heterodox" newsroom, not an "anti-woke" one, in one of the clearest public defenses yet from a recruit under her tenure.
In a Telegraph interview, Phillips said Weiss wants "a variety of voices" and argued TV journalism has drifted toward personality and entertainment instead of reporting.
Phillips also cast Weiss's overhaul as a high-risk turnaround, saying she is trying to steer a "huge tanker" of a news organization with a small team and could "change the world or crash and burn."
His remarks come after sweeping editorial and personnel changes at CBS News triggered criticism from current and former journalists, while supporters say Weiss is broadening viewpoints across the network.
At CBS, Phillips said he plans to focus on political figures outside the traditional left-right divide, naming Nigel Farage, Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen as potential interview subjects.