Anderson Cooper's CBS exit is a 'black eye for Bari Weiss' as reason for decision exposed
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Anderson Cooper Leaves 60 Minutes
Is Weiss's leadership restoring CBS News' journalistic integrity or destroying a trusted brand built over decades?
Above: Anderson Cooper at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights' 2025 Ripple of Hope Gala at the New York Hilton on Dec. 9, 2025. Image credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for RFK Ripple Of Hope
The Spin
Conservative narrative
Bari Weiss's bold leadership is exactly what CBS News and the mainstream media at large desperately need. After years of malaise and decline, much of it self-imposed through a blind commitment to progressive orthodoxy and cancel culture, Weiss is using her position at CBS News to restore journalistic integrity and the free and open press America deserves.
Progressive narrative
Cooper's exit is further evidence, if any was needed, of the disastrous role that Weiss is playing in undermining one of America's most crucial news outlets. Since becoming CBS News' editor-in-chief, Weiss has overseen not only a 23% decline in its viewership but also a hostile MAGA takeover that has destroyed the public's trust in a brand built over decades.