‘Please Be Blunt’: Bari Weiss Asks CBS News Staff to Explain Exactly What They Do In Memos

Kathryn Wilkens Oct 10th, 2025, 3:29 pm

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Bari Weiss , the newly appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News, emailed staff on Friday, asking each employee to submit a memo by the end of Tuesday describing how they spend their working hours, urging them to “please be blunt.”

“I want to understand how you spend your working hours,” she wrote, “and, ideally, what you’ve made (or are making) that you’re most proud of. I’m also interested in hearing your views on what’s working; what’s broken or substandard; and how we can be better.”

“Please be blunt,” she continued in the email obtained by Business Insider . “It will help me greatly,” adding that the memos will be held “in the str

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