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UCLA Cancels CBS News Chief Bari Weiss Journalism Lecture After Pressure, Criticism

By Roger Friedman

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Bari Weiss will not be giving a lecture on journalism to UCLA students after all.

The controversial CBS NEWS chief was supposed to give Daniel Pearl lecture on February 27th.

But the event has been canceled after severe criticism and pressure from actual journalists.

Weiss has been accused of taking a wrecking ball to the hallowed CBS News legacy since she was hired by the new owners, David Ellison’s Skydance now Paramount Skydance. Weiss has done enormous damage to “60 Minutes” and “The CBS Evening News,” pulling stories not favorable to the Trump administration and blatantly promoting Trump’s agenda.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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