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After John Oliver’s October 12, 2025 Last Week Tonight segment criticizing her appointment as CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss responded on X (Twitter) with a direct but restrained message. She wrote that she “won’t be taking lectures on journalism ethics from a comedian who works for a network owned by the same media conglomerate he claims to critique,” adding that “CBS News will be a place for rigorous reporting, not partisan grandstanding.” Weiss appended the post with a link to an editorial from The Free Press defending her record and emphasizing her commitment to “intellectual honesty and free inquiry”.

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