Bari Weiss and CBS

[Tune: Lemon Tree; Peter Paul & Mary; Writer: Will Holt]

(Backstory: Since Bari Weiss took over CBS News, at the behest of right wing owner and billionaire David Ellison, its ratings have tanked)

[Tune: Lemon Tree; Peter Paul & Mary]

[Verse 1]

It wasn’t very long ago when CBS news changed hands

Anti-woke zealot Bari Weiss was put in full command

She had no faith in journalists, she set forth a decree

Report just what I want to hear or you will deal with me

[Chorus]

CBS was a legend till its news team was replaced

And the changes to the poor network laid their viewership to waste

CBS was a legend till its news team was replaced

And the changes to the poor network laid their viewership to waste

[Verse 2]

One day during a bidding war they did an awful deed

They cancelled Late Night with Colbert despite its rating lead

They claimed it was financial, we know that wasn’t true

Colbert rips at them every night, this May his show is through

[Chorus]

CBS was a legend till its news team was replaced

And the changes to the poor network laid their viewership to waste

CBS was a legend till its news team was replaced

And the changes to the poor network laid their viewership to waste

[Verse 3]

Anderson Cooper has resigned his job at 60 minutes too

As viewership is fleeing from Ms. Weiss’s point of view

One journalist after another, refuse to bend the knee

Walter Cronkite’s legacy has been trashed for all to see

[Chorus]

CBS was a legend till its news team was replaced

And the changes to the poor network laid their viewership to waste

CBS was a legend till its news team was replaced

And the changes to the poor network laid their viewership to waste

[Outro]

Such a waste

Such a waste

Such a waste

Such a waste

Parody lyrics © T. McNally 2026