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CBS Scrutiny Renewed After Weiss Links El-Sayed to 9/11

9/1/2026

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Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief, directed a story linking Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to September 11.
Weiss also ordered the headline to note El-Sayed’s deleted tweets referencing the attacks.
CBS staff condemned the piece as racist and Islamophobic.
Senior CBS employees raised concerns about the story with the network’s standards department.
CBS posted on X that El-Sayed may face renewed scrutiny ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11.

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Story summary

Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief, directed a story linking Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to September 11.
Weiss also ordered the headline to note El-Sayed’s deleted tweets referencing the attacks.
CBS staff condemned the piece as racist and Islamophobic.
Senior CBS employees raised concerns about the story with the network’s standards department.
CBS posted on X that El-Sayed may face renewed scrutiny ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11.