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'It's trash': CBS staffers leak Bari Weiss move for 'sensationalized' attack

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CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss wanted an even more "sensationalized" headline on the story tying Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to Sept. 11, staffers told Zeteo on Thursday. Three CBS sources described that push to Zeteo media columnist Justin Baragona , who reported Thursday that the sources would not say what additional changes Weiss was seeking. The network published the story Monday, and Zeteo reported that anger inside the newsroom has not let up over either the article or the post the network used to promote it. "Yeah, it's trash. The article itself is also horribly Islamophobic," a CBS News staffer told Zeteo. "What the heck does 9/11 have to do with Abdul [El-Sayed]?" another network insider asked, according to Zeteo. The article went up on Aug. 31, Media Matters reported, under a headline reading, "Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past remarks." "As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2

First report: Abdul El-Sayed Has A Deleted 9/11 Tweets Problem — dailywire.com, 14d