Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s touchy team reportedly scrapped a CBS News interview over a critical social media post by its controversial new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
Mamdani reportedly scrapped the interview over a social media post made by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. Lone Pine Press for NY Post The socialist mayor had been in talks to appear on “CBS News Sunday Morning” with Robert Costa, albeit reluctantly given his campaign’s doom-and-gloom coverage from Weiss’ previous venture The Press, Vanity Fair reported.
But those fell apart Feb. 28 after Weiss reacted with a fire emoji in a X post featuring Iranian activist Masih Alinejad railing against him.
Bari Weiss attends Book Club Event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024 in New York City. Getty Images for The Free Press Weiss’ move was the “nail in the coffin” against him appearing on the network, insiders reportedly told Vanity Fair.
“Bari and her people have a clear axe to grind for him,” one former CBS producer said, according to the Vanity Fair report.
