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ificandream

(11,602 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:42 PM 22 hrs ago

Bari Weiss to Host Erika Kirk Discussion for CBS News; Audience Will Include 'Young Evangelicals,' Religious and Politic

Source: Variety

By Todd Spangler

Bari Weiss, founder of The Free Press who is now also editor-in-chief of CBS News, is hosting a "town hall" forum with Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, for the news network.

"Three months after her husband was assassinated, Erika Kirk will open up about life, loss, the state of political discourse, and much more," CBS News said in announcing the special.

The one-hour "A Town Hall With Erika Kirk" moderated by Weiss will be broadcast Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and will stream later on Paramount+ and CBS News 24/7. The special preempts the previously announced broadcast of the 28th annual Family Film and TV Awards, which will now air Saturday, Dec. 20 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) on CBS and Paramount+.

The event, shot before an invitation-only studio audience in New York, will feature Kirk "fielding questions from young evangelicals, prominent religious leaders, and figures across the political spectrum," according to CBS News. The conversation will also "focus on our country's political divide -- and how we can find our way out."


Read more: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/bari-weiss-erika-kirk-cbs-news-special-1236599868/



Full headline: Bari Weiss to Host Erika Kirk Discussion for CBS News; Audience Will Include 'Young Evangelicals,' Religious and Political Leaders

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Invitation only, huh?
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Bari Weiss to Host Erika Kirk Discussion for CBS News; Audience Will Include 'Young Evangelicals,' Religious and Politic (Original Post) ificandream 22 hrs ago OP
This is like Televangelism but with all the power and money they need already there /nt bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #1
They're trying to mainstream their Christian Nationalist bs Docreed2003 22 hrs ago #2
Can't wait to miss it!! AZ8theist 43 min ago #45
The Charlie Kirk Memorial Circus of Freaks. nt eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #3
I'm surprised it took them so long. ificandream 22 hrs ago #4
that kinda shit belongs on Sunday AM Gospel Hour TV. What bullshit. Poor Walter Cronkite....he worked CurtEastPoint 22 hrs ago #5
I predict lower ratings than a Pocket Fisherman ad... Cheezoholic 22 hrs ago #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 22 hrs ago #7
America's Team and BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #21
Special is the 13th, not 20th Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #24
This message was self-deleted by its author Drum 14 hrs ago #29
Audience, including the hosts, will consist of evil scum of the earth, SamKnause 22 hrs ago #8
"figures across the political spectrum" maxsolomon 22 hrs ago #9
almost exactly was I was going to post rurallib 21 hrs ago #15
From Nazis to Skinheads to The Klan. Iggo 20 hrs ago #18
... SunSeeker 22 hrs ago #10
Okay... and where is the episode with Melissa Hortman's husband? OldBaldy1701E 22 hrs ago #11
They might as well put that shit on. Nobody watches whatever else they show. 3Hotdogs 21 hrs ago #12
Gross. travelingthrulife 21 hrs ago #13
I don't think Ericka is the rising conservative star they think she is. Midnight Writer 21 hrs ago #14
It will have one viewer rurallib 21 hrs ago #16
It's come to this? Nauseating. Dr. T 20 hrs ago #17
I suggest that Erika shave her head to skin-bald for the foreseeable future to extend her mourning. NBachers 19 hrs ago #19
Does Bari know or even care that the Christo .. Botany 19 hrs ago #20
CBS is irrelevant BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #22
Any room for a Senior Former Evangelical Pentacostal? czarjak 18 hrs ago #23
"... shot before an invitation-only studio audience." Grins 17 hrs ago #25
I knew her appointment would be bad pfitz59 16 hrs ago #26
The ratings will speak for themselves C_U_L8R 16 hrs ago #27
Show that bullshit on Sunday morning Betty Boom 16 hrs ago #28
Is this the set-up for the White House wrasslin' match? CBS covering, or will it be all networks then? Drum 14 hrs ago #30
"...across the political spectrum" MY ASS. (nt) Paladin 8 hrs ago #31
Bari Weiss is a shill for Trump. CBS is Fox. bronxiteforever 8 hrs ago #32
Their viewership will be lower Farmer-Rick 7 hrs ago #33
Erika Kirk ?? Are you kidding me? That female cockroach has the personality and brain.. chouchou 7 hrs ago #34
Why I don't have cable tv Marthe48 6 hrs ago #35
CBS is broadcast TV maxsolomon 1 hr ago #41
I don't have any input Marthe48 1 hr ago #42
Should be riveting. Borogove 6 hrs ago #36
Christian Taliban town hall. Hate for everyone else fest. nt Hotler 6 hrs ago #37
This message was self-deleted by its author bmichaelh 5 hrs ago #38
Bari Weiss will be exposed as another MAGA fraud. Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #39
How disgusting. mdbl 3 hrs ago #40
I have not watched network news in years and would never start now. Katinfl 1 hr ago #43
Q: Erika, what are we to do about gun violence in our schools? Duncan Grant 1 hr ago #44

Docreed2003

(18,697 posts)
2. They're trying to mainstream their Christian Nationalist bs
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:47 PM
22 hrs ago

This type of platforming is alarming, but sadly, not surprising

CurtEastPoint

(19,789 posts)
5. that kinda shit belongs on Sunday AM Gospel Hour TV. What bullshit. Poor Walter Cronkite....he worked
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:51 PM
22 hrs ago

so hard to have his legacy destroyed by this Weiss woman.

Response to ificandream (Original post)

Deminpenn

(17,222 posts)
24. Special is the 13th, not 20th
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 10:01 PM
18 hrs ago

Army-Navy game the 13th broadcast on CBS at 3PM.

CBS is probably hoping Army-Navy viewers will stay tuned to see this special, but I'd imagine they'll lose most of that audience.

Response to Chasstev365 (Reply #7)

SamKnause

(14,601 posts)
8. Audience, including the hosts, will consist of evil scum of the earth,
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:20 PM
22 hrs ago

Christian Nationalists, fascists, and all other enemies of the U.S.

maxsolomon

(38,009 posts)
9. "figures across the political spectrum"
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:25 PM
22 hrs ago

All the way from White Evangelical Christian Nationalists to White Catholic Nationalists to Extremist Zionist Nationalists!

OldBaldy1701E

(9,764 posts)
11. Okay... and where is the episode with Melissa Hortman's husband?
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:35 PM
22 hrs ago

Oh wait... he was killed along with her. Their dog was shot and had to be euthanized as well.

So, there won't be any such episode... will there?

Okay, what about the Hoffmans? Are they going to get a 'town hall' as well? No? Didn't think so.

Why doesn't CBS change their colors to orange and gold to commemorate the complete ability to kiss that gibbon's ass while also kissing his cronies asses to make sure they are safe?

Spineless animals.

3Hotdogs

(14,878 posts)
12. They might as well put that shit on. Nobody watches whatever else they show.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:46 PM
21 hrs ago

It's been 50 years since I turned on CBS to watch Archie Bunker.

Midnight Writer

(25,066 posts)
14. I don't think Ericka is the rising conservative star they think she is.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 06:50 PM
21 hrs ago

I don't think MAGA is interested in anything beyond her good looks.

Dr. T

(470 posts)
17. It's come to this? Nauseating.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 08:07 PM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Dec 4, 2025, 08:41 PM - Edit history (1)

This does not belong on a public broadcast. Garbage like this belongs on a radical right wing fringe podcast. Once word gets out, I'm hoping for a groundswell of outrage that forces CBS/Paramount to reconsider the broadcast.

NBachers

(19,098 posts)
19. I suggest that Erika shave her head to skin-bald for the foreseeable future to extend her mourning.
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 08:42 PM
19 hrs ago

Botany

(76,073 posts)
20. Does Bari know or even care that the Christo ..
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 08:51 PM
19 hrs ago

.. Fascist Bible thumpers of Kirk's world don't like lesbians like her. She is just about the money.

Grins

(9,179 posts)
25. "... shot before an invitation-only studio audience."
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 11:17 PM
17 hrs ago

She had made CBS into another Fox.

“Erika Kirk will open up about life, loss, the state of political discourse, and much more.”

And what qualifies her to speak on any of that?

C_U_L8R

(48,655 posts)
27. The ratings will speak for themselves
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:09 AM
16 hrs ago

And sooner than later, Weiss may be shown the door.

Betty Boom

(350 posts)
28. Show that bullshit on Sunday morning
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:21 AM
16 hrs ago

This is nauseating. Of course I remember when the networks showed Billy Graham Crusades in primetime. I guess that’s what we’re going back to the christo fascist era.

Drum

(10,518 posts)
30. Is this the set-up for the White House wrasslin' match? CBS covering, or will it be all networks then?
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:03 AM
14 hrs ago

Farmer-Rick

(12,341 posts)
33. Their viewership will be lower
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:19 AM
7 hrs ago

Than a cooking show on YouTube.

That's a very specific and hate filled audience they are trying to grab at. They are trying to be Fox but without the spill over audience from the NFL games. Do they really think a lot of Americans want to see this Nazi BS with a hate filled Christian cruelty twist? They can go to their churches to see that.

chouchou

(2,668 posts)
34. Erika Kirk ?? Are you kidding me? That female cockroach has the personality and brain..
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:32 AM
7 hrs ago

...that goes right with the idiots that hate "Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat on December 1, 1955"

Marthe48

(22,485 posts)
42. I don't have any input
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:09 PM
1 hr ago

Around here, if you don't pay for a cable connection, you don't get any channels. Sometimes, I try to get on a network channel online, and the site asks me if I have cable. And that's that. I think the last time I tried, I was trying to watch the Preakness last summer.





Response to ificandream (Original post)

Kid Berwyn

(22,487 posts)
39. Bari Weiss will be exposed as another MAGA fraud.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:35 PM
4 hrs ago

As a journalist, she is phony to her core.

Katinfl

(579 posts)
43. I have not watched network news in years and would never start now.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:10 PM
1 hr ago

Actually, I have not watched a network show in years. I get my news from here and a few other sites. Only other TV is streaming. Forgot about MS Now…….try to catch Nicolle, some of Lawrence. The bulk of my info is online. Would never watch CBS after all this crap.

Duncan Grant

(8,848 posts)
44. Q: Erika, what are we to do about gun violence in our schools?
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:17 PM
1 hr ago

A: “We” need a return to “cultural normalcy”.

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