David Letterman didn\u2019t hold back when it was time to discuss his former network home, CBS. During an interview on \u201cThe Barbara Gaines Show,\u201d Letterman blasted \u201cthose idiots at CBS\u201d and added, \u201cCBS News is a wreck, it\u2019s just gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about those idiots at CBS?\u201d Letterman said. \u201cCBS News is a wreck, it\u2019s just gone. CBS News for decades, going back to World War II \u2014 before World War II \u2014 they would be, Ed Murrow would be broadcasting the blitz of London from the rooftop of buildings in London for CBS Radio.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cAnd it was that mentality that drove the integrity of CBS News that has been trampled on, pissed on, and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over. And I\u2019m at a point now where it really is hurting my feelings. Because I\u2019m sick and tired of people saying, \u2018Oh, wait until those midterms.\u2019 Kids, we\u2019re far downstream of the midterms having any effect on this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Late Show with David Letterman\u201d aired on the network for 22 years.<\/p>\n
Weiss, the founder of The Free Press, was named editor-in-chief of CBS<\/a> in October. With the announcement came news that Weiss will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, a departure from how the role has functioned in the past, when the editor-in-chief reported to CBS President George Cheeks.<\/p>\n Ellison also purchased The Free Press for $150 million.<\/p>\n Weiss notably entered the role with no broadcast journalism experience and plenty of controversy under her belt, then ruffled feathers with staff memos and the cancellation of a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d segment. Her work has sparked heated conversation about gender identity, Israeli-Palestinian relations and the impact of tech moguls in D.C.<\/p>\n The post David Letterman Calls CBS a \u2018Wreck\u2019 After Bari Weiss Moves: \u2018Those Idiots \u2026 It\u2019s Just Gone\u2019 | Video<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Letterman didn\u2019t hold back when it was time to discuss his former network home, CBS. During an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[136638,11948,6299,156,111,139,69,136637,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-229318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-barbara-gaines","9":"tag-david-ellison","10":"tag-david-letterman","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-the-free-press","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}