Archive · 8 Dec 2025
Connie Chung Criticizes CBS News Changes
Connie Chung, a former CBS News journalist, is sad about the changes happening at CBS News.
She thinks the new owners, Shari Redstone and David Ellison, are making decisions based on greed.
They hired Bari Weiss, who has a lot of experience writing opinions, to be the editor-in-chief.
Connie Chung doesn't watch CBS News anymore because she feels the news is now more about opinions than facts.
She misses the days when journalists were responsible for reporting the truth.
She started working at CBS News a long time ago and was one of the first women to co-anchor a major network's weekday newscast.
Connie Chung criticizes CBS News' new ownership and leadership changes.
She believes the network is being dismantled due to greed.
Bari Weiss, known for her opinion-based work, is the new editor-in-chief.
Chung no longer watches CBS News due to the shift towards opinion-based content.
She laments the loss of traditional journalistic values and the focus on facts.
- Who
- Connie Chung, CBS News alum
- What
- Criticism of CBS News' changes under new ownership and leadership
- When
- After the Paramount Skydance merger in August
- Where
- CBS News
- Why
- Concerns about the shift towards opinion-based news and the dismantling of traditional journalistic values
- Person
- Connie Chung
- Organization
- CBS News
- New Editor-in-Chief
- Bari Weiss
- Merger
- Paramount Skydance
- Owners
- Shari Redstone, David Ellison
- Podcast
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