"Cooper is staying at CNN where he's been the prime-time star, but he's also held this role as a correspondent at 60 Minutes. He said he's doing it to spend more time with his small children while they still want to spend time with him. He's expressed concern to associates about the leadership of the new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss."
"Bari Weiss came aboard with the proposition that the mainstream media is too woke, too anti-Trump, and a lot of her decisions have been interpreted as corrective that is unwelcomed by many of the journalists there. Cooper decided he didn't want to be part of it anymore."
"Colbert had invited on James Talarico, a Texas state representative running in the Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat. Colbert said that he was told that that interview could not run on the air."
Anderson Cooper departed from 60 Minutes after nearly two decades as a correspondent, citing desire to spend more time with his children. Associates indicated Cooper had concerns about new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, whose leadership approach focused on correcting perceived mainstream media bias. Simultaneously, Stephen Colbert reported being prevented from airing an interview with James Talarico, a Texas state representative running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. These incidents occurred as CBS's parent company Paramount received a final opportunity to bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a complex period of organizational and editorial scrutiny for the network.
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