Overview
- Semafor reports that Weiss and CBS president Tom Cibrowski quickly ordered a 10 p.m. Saturday special on the U.S.-Israeli strikes, featuring guests supportive of the attacks such as Elliot Ackerman and Rep. Rick Crawford.
- Free Press figures including Douglas Murray appeared on the CBS broadcast, and Masih Alinejad returned for interviews after Weiss amplified her on X and helped book her.
- Weiss reposted an unverified claim from former Trump official Ellie Cohanim that Saudi Arabia joined the operation, a post later deleted, intensifying internal concerns about objectivity and verification.
- CBS posted the full special on YouTube, drawing more than 140,000 views by midday Sunday, while a Charlie D’Agata segment suffered a missing voiceover that caused an on-air stumble.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined CBS appearance requests following Weiss’s posts, and TV Insider notes CNN’s Scott Jennings praised Weiss on X, prompting online accusations of currying favor as media reports discuss a possible Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.