Bari Weiss ‘joke’ hires leave ’60 Minutes’ insiders laughing as ratings plummet: report

against legends like Mike Wallace, Diane Sawyer, Ed Bradley and Scott Pelley, concluding the new hires wouldn’t have made the cut in that earlier era.

“These are the most coveted on-air jobs in TV news,” said another news veteran.

Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison installed Weiss, who lacked experience in broadcast news and once bragged about not continue reading …