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CBS News’ Bari Weiss Faces Backlash Over Headline Linking Muslim Senate Candidate to 9/11

Headline from The Hollywood Reporter

Insiders say the newsroom's new editor-in-chief personally reworked coverage of Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets, reigniting scrutiny of her tenure atop the network.

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  1. BizPac Review

    Bari Weiss personally ordered the 9/11 angle in explosive El-Sayed headline: report (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    Corporate media cover for Abdul El-Sayed spun a report on controversial September 11 posts into allegations of “overt racism” and an attack on CBS News editor-in-chief Bari […]

  2. The New Republic

    CBS Boss Bari Weiss “Personally” Lead Twisted 9/11 Article on El-Sayed (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss was reportedly responsible for a blatantly racist news headline that tied Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to the 9/11 terrorist attack. The CBS article was headlined: “Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s deleted tweets on Sept.

  3. Fox News

    CBS chief Bari Weiss' reported involvement in viral El-Sayed report sparks debate among critics (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The involvement of CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in a viral report about Dem hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's deleted 9/11 tweets sparks fierce debate.

  4. Fox News

    CBS chief Bari Weiss' involvement in viral El-Sayed report sparks debate among critics (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The involvement of CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in a viral report about Dem hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's deleted 9/11 tweets sparks fierce debate.

  5. The Hollywood Reporter

    CBS News’ Bari Weiss Faces Backlash Over Headline Linking Muslim Senate Candidate to 9/11 (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Insiders say the newsroom's new editor-in-chief personally reworked coverage of Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets, reigniting scrutiny of her tenure atop the network.

  6. Blaze Media

    Left-wing media appalled that Bari Weiss called out Abdul El-Sayed’s deleted 9/11 tweets (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Michigan U.S. Senate hopeful, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, has been caught deleting old social media posts that contained shocking comments about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Instead of holding El-Sayed accountable, left-wing media is now attacking Bari Weiss and CBS for pointing out the obfuscation.

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