George Clooney Unloads on CBS Boss for ‘Dismantling’ Network

Leigh Vogel/Frazer Harrison/Getty George Clooney made his intense distaste for CBS’s MAGA makeover clear in a new interview on Tuesday. The A-lister spoke to Variety about Donald Trump’s increasing influence over the media—and singled out one of his sychophants above all others. “Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,” he said. Since taking over at CBS, Weiss anchored the first installment of a “ town hall ” series, starring the widow of murdered conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, and made a last-minute call to cancel a segment on the El Salvador megaprison that held Venezuelan men Trump deported. Weiss is also reportedly planning to overhaul 60 Minutes more broadly. Read more at The Daily Beast.