Count Anderson Cooper among the journalists who don’t wanna work with Bari Weiss

This story originally appeared on Them.Amid Paramount Skydance’s pending purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper reportedly isn’t happy at the prospect of being in a newsroom led by controversial CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.Cooper, who is CNN’s most well-known host, has apparently told colleagues that he doesn’t want to work for Weiss, per the New York Times. Cooper left 60 Minutes, which is under Weiss’s direction, in May after 20 years with the program. At the time of his departure, Cooper told the Associated Press that working for 60 Minutes had been “one of the great honors of my career.”He continued, “I got to tell amazing stories, and work with some of the best producers, editors and camera crew in the business. For nearly 20 years, I’ve been able to balance my jobs and 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.”Per the Associated Press, Cooper had no comment as to whether Weiss’s tenure at CBS, and at 60 Minutes, weighed on his decision to leave the prestigious television program. However, Status, a site led by former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy published a report claiming Cooper’s decision was driven by the network’s direction under Weiss.Weiss’s tenure at CBS News began in October and quickly courted controversy. Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes story about abuses at an El Salvador detention center where Trump had been sending Venezuelan migrants just a day and a half before it was set to air. She had pushed 60 Minutes to receive on-air comment from Stephen Miller, the white nationalist who serves as president Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy.Sharyn Alfonsi, the 60 Minutes correspondent who reported the story, called the move an “not an editorial decision” but a “political” one in an email sent to colleagues, per NPR.“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO,” Alfonsi cont