WGA Tells CBS News Staff to Hold Responses to Bari Weiss Memo Pending More Info

WGA Tells CBS News Staff to Hold Responses to Bari Weiss Memo

The Writers Guild of America East urged its members not to immediately respond to a memo requested by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

The union, which represents a portion of CBS News staffers, wants to gather more information on the purpose of the memo before responding.

“Please be blunt — it will help me greatly,”

Weiss wrote in the email, asking staffers to submit a memo by Tuesday outlining their working hours and accomplishments.

The goal of the email, according to Weiss, is to get staff views on “what’s working; what’s broken or substandard; and how we can be better”.

Weiss took over CBS News on Monday after David Ellison’s Paramount completed its $150 million acquisition of The Free Press, Weiss’ “anti-woke” news operation.

Author's summary: WGA advises CBS News staff to delay responding to Bari Weiss' memo.

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