Weiss Pushed Story On ICE Injury After Objections

 

SeeBS News editor-in-chief Bari "Bari Bad News" Weiss apparently overruled the concerns of her staff before putting out the claim by anonymous government sources that Trumpist ICE goon Jonathan Ross suffered from "internal bleeding" after murdering Minneapolis mom Renee Nicole Good on January 7.  From The Guardian:

"Some CBS News employees expressed concern after the network cited two anonymous 'US officials' on Wednesday to report that the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis 'suffered internal bleeding to the torso' after the incident.

CBS initially published the account about officer Jonathan Ross on X, formerly Twitter. About 30 minutes later, the network followed up with another post, containing a link to an article by two correspondents that similarly cited 'two US officials briefed on his medical condition'.  

The report, which was not extensively covered by other news organizations, drew an immediate response on social media from critics who questioned the network’s sourcing – and whether it aligned with the Trump administration’s preferred focus.

But there was also internal skepticism at the network about the report, according to emails viewed by the Guardian. It was met with 'huge internal concern' by some, one CBS News staffer said. Others viewed the conversations as standard editorial discussions." (our emphasis)

Weiss ignored the concerns expressed by her staff, including that of seasoned broadcast journalist David Reiter, the news network's senior vice president.  Other staff members said:

“'There was big internal dissension about the ‘internal bleeding’ report here last night,' the CBS News staffer, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said . 'It was viewed as a thinly-veiled, anonymous leak by [the Trump administration] to someone who’d carry it online.'

'Felt to many here like we were carrying water for the admin’s justifying of the shooting to keep our access to our sources,' said a second network staffer, who was also not authorized to comment."  (our emphasis)

In the not so distant past, the network would have checked and double checked the sources for the anonymous report, attempted to get an attending physician to comment, etc. before running with a story that was clearly attempting to direct sympathy away from Renee Good and on to her killer.  This is clearly a new day -- and a bad one -- at the former "Tiffany Network," now owned by the Trumpist Ellison family and operated by right wing maven Weiss in service to the Malignant Fascist's agenda.

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