Bari Weiss in hot pursuit of Chris Cuomo for CBS News why snagging him might not be so easy

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has been in hot pursuit of former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to join the network — but sources told The Post that actually hiring him would be a longshot.Weiss has set her eye on Cuomo while trying to lure new talent to CBS — courting him over meals and multiple text conversations, sources said — but there’s little chance the anchor, who is suing CNN for $125 million, will get hired.“Bari really wants Chris Cuomo — like, really.She is obsessed with him and they text,” one source said.

“She wants him but can’t have him because of the CNN litigation,” the person added, nodding to the fact CBS’ owner Paramount Skydance is currently seeking to clear the last hurdles to its merger with CNN parent company Warner Bros.Discovery as Cuomo’s protracted legal battle continues.CBS News declined to comment to The Post.“She’s definitely not a moron but she is absolutely a TV ignoramus,” the source said of Weiss.

“It demonstrates she wants what she wants irrespective of reality and history, and it demonstrates she can’t have what she wants because of reality and history.Reality and history win every time.”A source close to Weiss pushed back on that characterization, saying the exec is well aware of the CNN lawsuit and other complications related to hiring Cuomo.

The person also described the talks with Cuomo as in their “pre-infancy.”“She respects his work,” the person said, adding that there were “no conversations saying, ‘We want to hire you.'”Cuomo joined CNN in 2013, with a mission to revive the network’s moribund morning show “New Day,” and went on to helm a top-rated primetime show.He was fired in December 2021, prompting a lawsuit from the anchor.He accused the network of wrongful termination after ti learned he’d secretly aided the defense of his bro, former Gov.

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