Bari Weiss has been the head of CBS News since October 2025, when Paramount owner David Ellison bought her Free Press startup. Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press Bari Weiss was a controversial figure before she took over CBS News last year. Now she's become a very well known figure — especially after remaking "60 Minutes" by firing many of its top employees. CNN's Brian Stelter is sympathetic to Weiss' impulse to remake CBS News. But he thinks she's going about it the wrong way. Over t