John Oliver is certainly not a fan of Paramount’s decision to name The Free Press founder Bari Weiss as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, and on Sunday night, he explained exactly why. The HBO host devoted the main story of “Last Week Tonight” to picking apart Weiss’ reporting track record, which he deemed “irresponsible” at best.
Oliver was quick out that Weiss has no television experience, and was never actually hired as a reporter. She made a name for herself as an opinion writer at the New York Times, and has previously said she was “an intellectual diversity hire.”
“She was apparently tasked with finding voices that the…
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