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MAGA-curious CBS boss losing another '60 Minutes' star after [Anderson] Cooper's exit
The Daily Beast ^ | 2/17/2026 | Ewan Palmer

Posted on 02/17/2026 7:56:06 PM PST by simpson96

CBS News’ 60 Minutes is about to lose another high-profile star under the chaotic reign of the network’s editor in chief Bari Weiss following the shock exit of Anderson Cooper, according to a report.

CNN’s Brian Stelter wrote in his Reliable Sources newsletter that “at least one other correspondent” is on the way out after it was reported Cooper would not be renewing his contract after becoming disillusioned with the direction of the now Donald Trump–friendly CBS News under Weiss.

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The official reason Cooper gave for not renewing his contract at CBS News was to spend more time with his family.

“For nearly twenty years, I’ve been able to balance my jobs at CNN and CBS, but I have little kids now and I want to spend as much time with them as possible, while they still want to spend time with me,” Cooper said in a statement.

However, sources told Status that the veteran anchor was unhappy with the “rightward direction” under Weiss and David Ellison, the CEO of CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: andersoncooper; bariweiss; cbs; daveellison; davidellison; ellison; paramount; paramountglobal; weiss
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Hopefully, the world will keep on turning.

/sarcasm

BTW, here's his family...


1 posted on 02/17/2026 7:56:06 PM PST by simpson96
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Is the unofficial reason that he now has kids’ privates to play with?


2 posted on 02/17/2026 8:04:28 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: simpson96

My guess is that he is fighting some disease and doesn’t have the stamina to do honest journaling. He is missing the opportunity to prove his points in what he considers an environment antithetical to his viewpoint. “Spending time with family “ many times means,”I’m sick”


3 posted on 02/17/2026 8:07:51 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: simpson96

It should be a crime to put children with gays.


4 posted on 02/17/2026 8:10:37 PM PST by alternatives?
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Ha, good ol' Daily Beast! Weiss has been on the job for a couple of months and I've seen things becoming a little more careful, not "chaotic."

They desperately want it to be "chaotic."

5 posted on 02/17/2026 8:12:03 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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I see two mental cases who I wouldn’t trust with my children taking a picture with someone else’s kids.


6 posted on 02/17/2026 8:12:57 PM PST by MikelTackNailer
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To: simpson96

Bari Weiss? MAGA curious?

She’s a hard left progressive. I’ll never understand the recent infatuation with her. At best, she’s Trotsky competing with Stalinists.


7 posted on 02/17/2026 8:18:26 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: simpson96

“high-profile star”...hahahahahaha!


8 posted on 02/17/2026 8:33:58 PM PST by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 )
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To: simpson96

Poor kids.


9 posted on 02/17/2026 8:46:27 PM PST by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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I feel bad for the kids...

The faggots can rot.


10 posted on 02/17/2026 9:02:42 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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Sick. Sick. Sick. Those children should be removed from those two old poofters and placed in a rural homeschooling home, preferably on a farm. Then they can learn about nature and "genders" from the animals. They can heal the scars left by the perverts. They can perform chores and farm work and understand lessons God's Creation.

11 posted on 02/17/2026 9:06:03 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: simpson96

Is Trump-friendly a code word for fair and accurate?


12 posted on 02/17/2026 9:22:07 PM PST by OrangeHoof ("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
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To: simpson96

2 little boys? YIKES!


13 posted on 02/17/2026 9:26:42 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: alternatives?

It should be but it’s not. They may have paid a surrogate. It’s sad either way.


14 posted on 02/17/2026 9:32:28 PM PST by Twink
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To: simpson96

Both of Cooper’s sons, Wyatt and Benjamin, were born via surrogate. Supposedly, Cooper’s mom even offered to be his surrogate early in his life after discovering he was gay.


15 posted on 02/17/2026 10:42:41 PM PST by Whatever Works
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I like Anderson Cooper’s excellent book, “The Rainbow Comes and Goes”, written with his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. Anderson’s brother committed suicide by jumping off their elegant home’s balcony in NYC. his mother was there, tried to stop him.

Somehow, that book helped me when my own son died and I’m grateful to Anderson and his mom for writing it. Do I agree with his politics? Of course not, but I don’t hate him at all.


16 posted on 02/17/2026 11:46:51 PM PST by Veto! (Trump is Superman)
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To: simpson96

Puke. Retch. Gag.


17 posted on 02/18/2026 12:02:27 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: simpson96

Don Lemon can replace Cooper Anderson. It’s sort of like Wil Smith doing remakes of white guy movies.


18 posted on 02/18/2026 12:58:40 AM PST by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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“Cooper’s mom even offered to be his surrogate early in his life after discovering he was gay.”

How low have the Vanderbilts sunk. From the old Commodore, one of “The Men Who Built America”, to this.


19 posted on 02/18/2026 2:28:15 AM PST by rxh4n1
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Oh noes! They “lost” Anderson Cooper? Whatsoever shall they do?????


20 posted on 02/18/2026 3:14:17 AM PST by FLT-bird
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