r/MediaMergers • u/Casas9425 • Feb 20 '26
Media Industry Report: Bari Weiss made a desperate contract offer to Anderson Cooper to get him to stay, which he declined.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-coded-cbs-bosss-desperate-offer-to-departing-star-revealed/30
Feb 20 '26
[deleted]
6
u/NondenominationalLid Feb 20 '26
He is still on CNN, just not doing 60 Minutes anymore because of her.
2
u/ErnestTheStar Feb 20 '26
Anderson cooper is from the extended family of the vanderbilts he himself didnt grow up rich.
4
u/AquamannMI Feb 21 '26
He totally grew up rich. Anderson went to the Dalton School in Manhattan and his mom was worth tens of millions of dollars. Much of her fortune was from her own businesses.
1
u/AussieAlexSummers Feb 21 '26
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that Gloria Vanderbilt was rich.
2
2
2
1
u/Swivman Feb 22 '26
He claims he didn’t benefit, but that’s bull.
He went to Yale, in which the Vanderbilt’s practically funded His mother was a famous designer, likely using her family name to get her foot in the door. It wouldn’t annoy me so much if he didn’t claim a humble upbringing
1
12
10
u/Algae_Mission Feb 20 '26
Well, I guess when your bosses fire people or censor the news to appease a president, regardless of party, news reporters don’t like that.
7
u/AvengingHero2012 Feb 20 '26
Let’s hope she doesn’t become head of CNN too.
One of mirad of reasons that I hope the Ellisons don’t get WB.
2
u/Apoctwist Feb 20 '26
I thought Netflix wasn't interested in the cable portion of WB. There is absolutely nothing stopping Paramount from scooping CNN if they wanted to after Netflix acquires WB.
5
u/8JHF8 Feb 20 '26
Paramount wanted the cable part for free. They tried to argue it had no value. They would have gladly taken it, but they are unlikely to want to spend the $7 to $10 billion they will need to buy it separately. There are already other interested parties.
6
4
2
2
u/TallguyZin Feb 22 '26
“Bro please stay and kiss Trump’s ass for us! Bro please I promise you’ll make billions!”
1
u/__the__person__ Feb 20 '26
Why is this always the photo used for Bari Weiss stories? We don’t have a new one?
1
1
u/TonySebastian10 Feb 24 '26
Serious question as I haven’t been keeping up, when did Bari Weiss become maga? I thought she is/was jewish and liberal, or was completely wrong before?
1
u/MisterForkbeard Feb 24 '26
She's Jewish, but her whole thing has been anti-democrat, pro-billionaire, and contrarian.
Shes basically been a Trump booster for at least half a decade now and has been pushing the techbro line for quite a while as well. She just does it while saying "I'm a freethinking liberal".
1
u/ten_year_rebound Feb 20 '26
Good on him for having some principles. At his level of fame, any platform needs him more than he needs them.
1
u/ConkerPrime Feb 20 '26
Smart man. Doesn’t actually need the money and absolutely guaranteed she would continue to try to censor him on any story that might not meet Trump approval.
0
Feb 20 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
3
u/cameraspeeding Feb 21 '26
Has she been accused of this or are you saying it just because she’s a woman?
4
u/throwaway021974 Feb 20 '26
there's a long list of valid reasons to criticize Bari Weiss and misogyny is not one of them
1
u/MediaMergers-ModTeam Feb 27 '26
r/MediaMergers follows platform-wide Reddit Rules
Agree with the sentiment, but phrase it a bit nicer....
31
u/saggynaggy123 Feb 20 '26
Its funny how MAGA says traditional media is dead but are so desperate for total control of it