New CBS News Boss Bari Weiss Developing 'Right Wing' Version of 'The View'

CBS’ new News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss is wasting zero time proving she’s not here to play by the old rulebook.

via: Radar Online

Since officially taking over CBS News on October 6, Weiss has not hesitated to make some right-leaning adjustments to the network.

That seems to include some new morning talk show competition. According to network sources, Weiss is quietly building what's being described internally as "The Right View," which is being labeled as a "sharp, debate-driven alternative" she believes the genre has been missing.

"It’s personal," a CBS source told Hollywood insider Rob Shuter, who writes on his ShuterScoop Substack. "Bari never let go of the fact that The View passed on her. Now she's creating the show she thinks they should have hired her to help reinvent."

Weiss was once one of the potential names on the list to replace Meghan McCain as the conservative voice on the controversial daytime talk show, but things didn't exactly go well for her.

With her new power, word is she has already greenlit development meetings for a View of her own that would feature a "panel of diverse voices engaging in real conversation without the on-air meltdowns or shouting matches that have become The View’s signature."

Or, as another source claimed: "She calls what’s on TV now 'toxic television.' She wants smart debate, not chaos."

Weiss Failed 'View'-point

Weiss, who had launched her news outlet The Free Press, had previously guest-hosted several episodes of The View in 2021 and is said to have lobbied hard for a permanent gig.

But she "didn't test well with audiences," according to Variety. The audience "didn't understand her centrist-right contrarian politics," a source revealed.

During one of her guest-host appearances in October 2020, Weiss battled it out against Sunny Hostin over "cancel culture," calling it "wrong and deeply un-American."

While Weiss didn't get the gig, former Trump White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah Griffin got the job instead.