Bari Weiss Shocks Media Establishment with Ballsy Next Move That No One Expected

0:07All right, guys, according to the paperwork, I'm Dave Rubin. This is The Rubin Report. It is time for another roundtable spectacular. I usually say they're extravaganzas. Today, I feel is going to be spectacular. And joining me once again is the host of Emily Saves America, Emily Wilson, and a first time Rubin Report guest. First could always be the last. You never know what's going to happen here. The hosts of Spot On with Link Lauren, Link Lauren. Emily, Link, how are you, crazy kids? Oh, I'm great. Thanks for having me. I have to say... Another day in Los Angeles. Right. Basically, Emily comes on to complain about Los Angeles.

0:47But Link, you've never been on the show before. I should note that we've connected 30 seconds before we went live here. There was a lot of concern, everyone feeling they look very pale. but you really take the cake on this thing. It's almost, you're almost translucent. It's incredible. Well, I only look super pale under these lights and I realized that this light's not on. So we're just gonna make it work for today. Okay, y 'all know I'm very pale. I'm a little more pink in real life, but it's okay. I mean, I gotta find a happy medium between vampire and Jersey Shore. You know, at some point I gotta find a happy medium.

1:17All right, we are gonna plow through skin tone nonetheless. And on Fridays, we just kind of catch up on the craziness of the week. But I thought this one was kind of interesting because obviously you guys are kind of new media pundits, columnists, commentators, whatever we all are at this point. And there's obviously this tension now between old school media and new school media. And something interesting is potentially happening over at CBS. This is from Mario Nafal on The X. Barry Weiss raided CNN for Scott Jennings in CBS News makeover. CBS News chief Barry Weiss reportedly met with CNN's conservative pundit Scott Jennings at network headquarters, eyeing him for her balanced news overhaul.

1:59Jennings has gained cult status among conservatives for his pro-Trump advocacy on hostile CNN territory. The timing is perfect. John Dickerson announced his exit from CBS Evening News amid painful job cuts. Weiss is also courting Fox News anchor Brett Baer, though he's locked up through 2028. Legacy media outlets are suddenly desperate for conservative voices that can actually connect with audiences. Jennings proved you can survive behind enemy lines and thrive. Smart poaching season for Weiss, and that's all according to the New York Post. So the particularly interesting thing about this, of course, is that Barry Weiss came from mainstream media.

2:36Obviously, New York Times very publicly left there because they went so bananas lefty. She starts the free press, so she's then part of alt media. Now she sells the free press to CBS, to Paramount. Now she's part of mainstream again. And she's trying to bring Scott Jennings, who's hot online, even though he's on CNN mainstream media. I think that all made sense. Link, what do you make about this tension between online mainstream media? Is there any point in even saving mainstream media at this point? Or should Scott and the rest of the sane people at CNN, if there's anyone left, just do what we do and forget CBS and the rest of them?

3:14Well, what's funny is you mentioned 2028 and Brett Baier. I'm like, is CBS going to be around in 2028? I mean, no disrespect to Barry Weiss. Like, I'm so happy she got$150 million. Like, that's amazing. Girl boss, go you. But I'm more interested in like CVS pharmacy than I am CBS. Okay, I don't really care what CBS has going on. I saw these other stories like Gayle King might be leaving CBS. Does anyone in my generation care that Gayle King is leaving CBS? I don't think anyone really is tuning into the show anymore. They have a very small niche audience. I do think, hey, maybe they can save it.

3:47Maybe they can bring in some fresh faces and some fresh voices. But if you're going to hire those voices, you've got to let them let it rip, okay? You can't have them muzzled in any way. You've got to let them come on there and let it rip and let the chips fall where they may. But I don't know if the CBS audience that's built in is going to accept someone like Scott Jennings at all. Emily, speaking of CVS, you are in Los Angeles where you're welcome to walk into any CVS and steal whatever you want for under$800. What would you take? I don't go to CBS because I'm really scared when I'm in there that I'm going to get robbed myself.

4:21Do you know that one in West Hollywood on the corner of Santa Monica and what was that? Santa Monica and La Cienega. I mean, that if you like that place was like a meth dungeon. I just wanted some cold medicine. I mean, this is a story for another time, but I will tell you of all the meth heads and crack heads stealing at CBS. One time I got physically assaulted by a security guard because he thought I took a water bottle. And I was like, I just want to like, let you know how insane this is right now. I'm the only person in here paying and I'm like, I have golden goose on. I'm like, please chill.

4:48But I will say, I think he should go wherever he's going to get more viewers. And realistically where, yeah, he's not going to be completely censored. But I'm like, at the same time, don't we kind of agree that him being with them makes them look so bad that it's also kind of such a win for us. But he should go wherever he's going to have the biggest platform because I'm a fan. I think he's fantastic. He's great. I mean, we play clips of him constantly. And the funny thing that I always say about him is if you look at the guy, I mean, he's and I don't mean this offensively. He's extremely average.

5:19He looks kind of average. He speaks in sort of a very average manner, but it's just that he makes basic sense with a bunch of brainlets that he's becoming a big star. Here's let's throw a clip of Scott for those who may not be familiar. I think the highlight reel that you just played spliced with the highlight reel of all the people trying to run the Democratic National Committee at their organizational meeting ought to be put together. And we ought to take money from the Republican National Committee and play it on a loop. Ladies and gentlemen, the American left is so far off the rails are going to have to get Google Maps to find their way back.

5:50They are way gone right now. And it's glorious. I mean, guys, that that's kind of the point right there. Right. He comes in with his funny quips. But all he's doing is basically making sense. And I suppose making sense in a system that doesn't make a lot of sense is rather radical. Look at this chart showing the decline in total viewers among mainstream news networks. I mean, we barely have to go through the numbers right there. But if any of us in our career were trending that way, we would probably be doing other things. Link, what would you be doing if your numbers were going in that direction?

6:23If I were numbers were going down, maybe I'd go into like entertainment law or something like that. I'd go be a lawyer so I can yell at people all day and argue and, you know, take them to task. That's probably what I'd be doing. But yeah, no, I feel like cable news is the only place you can really fail upward. Like you can bring in no viewers, no audience, and still get like$12 or$13 million a year for sitting there and doing nothing and parroting DNC talking points. So I actually think that's a great gig for you. I'd love to see Scott Jennings on TV more. I think Scott Jennings could have his own show on CNN.

6:50Maybe Scott Jennings goes over to Fox. Maybe he goes to CBS. He should go get a check and go where they're going to let him speak his mind and speak his truth. But I also think you should look into more independent media because that seems to be where people are going. Emily, what would you say to the argument that, and I think this is actually kind of legit, that if he goes to CBS and Barry turns this thing into something that's moderate and not psychotic, that it actually is good, even though young people aren't paying attention. Because ultimately, if that kind of works and people are paying attention, that might actually moderate NBC and ABC and CNN and New York Times, that it could basically create a domino effect.

7:26and even if people are paying less attention, it would kind of be good for the country if they were not all as radically loony as they are. Yeah, it would be good because all my friends who are not in politics, like my best friend in New York, she's very much so like, you're so aggressive and crazy. The other side's so aggressive and crazy. She's like, is anyone normal anymore? And I think a lot of people who just operate in real life, like she's a nurse, you know what I mean? She works long hours. She's not doing what we do and watching what we watch. I think a lot of people like her would be more inclined to pay attention, to get involved locally, to actually start voting, to register to vote.

8:00If there was more people that were more middle and too, because she's like, it's just all too extreme for me. So I tap out and we don't want people to tap out. We want them to tap in. Yeah, I totally agree. If that all moderated and became sane and people tuned in, even if that literally cost me clicks and money, it would be good for the country and I would be completely all for it. I really do mean that. Let's talk about Tax Network USA. And then a certain orange man is suing a certain British run news agency. If you owe the IRS back taxes, they can garnish your wages, levy your bank accounts, even seize your retirement or take your home.

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9:14Don't let the IRS be the first to act. All right. So we covered this earlier in the week, but I wanted to hit it with you guys. Trump is officially suing the BBC for selectively editing one of his speeches on January 6th. First, we're going to show you a little bit of an interview with him explaining why he's doing it. Then we'll show you the edit itself. Are you going ahead and suing the BBC? Well, I guess I have to. You know, why not? Because they defrauded the public and they've admitted it. And they're top echelon. And this is within one of our great allies. You know, this is our supposedly a great ally, BBC.

9:52The government has a chunk of that one, I guess. But that's a pretty sad event. They actually changed my January 6th speech, which was a beautiful speech, which was a very calming speech. And they made it sound radical. And they actually changed it. What they did was rather incredible. They're showing me the results later on, the results of what they did, how they butchered it up. but it was very dishonest and the head man quit and a lot of the other people. Okay, so I want to show you guys the edit itself. And this was on a documentary that was on BBC. And what I think is particularly interesting about this is this isn't just some private organization, private show that did this.

10:29BBC obviously is funded by the British government, which makes this whole thing a little more perverse. Take a look. We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell. We're going to walk down to the Capitol.

10:49And we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. Emily, there's even a more extended version of that where it's just very clear he was not calling for violence there. You know, they cut out him saying cheer for the people who were going to, you know, in essence, take his side on some of this stuff. But he never called for violence or anything like that. I mean, this doesn't surprise anyone on our side, right? like none of this surprises us right no it doesn't surprise us but i think for people over there it's like well don't you guys think that's a little crazy that your entire government made something so edited and so biased um especially when you know i mean all the uk is like completely falling apart right now but also it's such a i watched the you know the extended version and it's like one actually sounds like he's inciting and calling for violence and then the other one is like like like he said, a very peaceful thing.

11:42So it's not like they edited where he sounded stupid. You literally edited something to sound like he is calling for violence, which is a huge deal, especially with what's going on in the state of our country right now. I'm Serena Williams, and I'm healthier on Roe. I've lost 34 pounds in a year with GLP-1's diet and exercise. On Roe, you can access GLP-1 options, including the first FDA-approved GLP-1 pill for weight loss. Go to roe.co slash journey to see if you qualify. 14 to 20 % average weight loss in one year in non-diabetics with obesity or overweight with a weight-related medical condition versus 2.2 % to 3.1 % in placebo R.

12:19RX only. To stay informed about serious side effects, go to roe.co slash safety. Right, and they clearly are admitting it's a huge deal because literally the CEO of the BBC has stepped down, although then she subsequently was like, well, this doesn't prove systemic bias. I'm just stepping down, which makes no sense because you're the CEO. It's the only reason you would step down. And Link, what do you think about just sort of philosophically the idea of the president of the United States having to sue news outlets? Because it's not the first time he's done it. He got 60 minutes to walk back some stuff.

12:49He's threatened some other ways. Obviously, there's some slippery slope situation here. Well, I called Trump the F-A-F-O president. Like this is the F-A-R-O-N-N-F-O-N-D-O-T administration, right? Like nobody crosses Trump and comes out better on the other side. OK, so if they deceptively edited this video, he is going to sue you. And even before he was president, didn't he sue Bill Maher for$5 million because Bill Maher made some comment about him? Like, you do not want to F around and find out with President Trump or he is going to sue you. And the thing is, right, nobody gets more negative press than him, but nobody cares because the media doesn't have that much influence.

13:20But we're not asking for positive press, right? President Trump isn't asking for tons of positive praise. He's just asking, hey, maybe be fair. Don't deceptively edit it to look like I was inciting violence and inciting a riot. The last thing I'll say is, is anyone watching BBC? Speaking of networks, who is watching the BBC? I imagine their audience hates Trump anyway, right? So they're preaching to the choir. Yeah, I mean, somebody's watching it, right? And again, it is funded by the government. But yes, people, by and large, are tuning out of these things. And there might be a reason why, because I was a little 50-50 on this clip, whether we should show it.

13:53Here is what appears, well, this is a trans person talking about drugs and sex and trans milk. Okay. So enjoy. If we actually grappled with the fact that sex negativity is what causes this type of behavior, then we could create a world where in an idyllically sex-positive world, someone is able to pay conscious women to come and be drugged so that I can get my kink out, my fetish on having sex with unconscious people. There's a consensual way to do that. Now, transgender woman's milk is just as good for babies as breast milk. That's according to a letter from the medical director at University Hospital Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

14:42The claim was made as part of a response against campaign groups. The trust referred to studies and the World Health Organization guidance, including one case which found what it called no observable effects in babies fed by induced lactation. Emily, I know I'm getting old. I know I'm getting old, but those are two BBC clips. One of them, that was a sex therapist. That was the sex therapist trans. That's unclear, but obese for sure. Explaining that it should be OK to drug sex workers to get your kink off on your I want to have sex with unconscious people. Very Bill Cosby ish. And then the second thing was that the trans person's milk, which is a man's breast milk.

15:24Help me. Help me. Maybe. Yeah. The coffee didn't kick in today. Can you help me here? I'm like, okay, so you're a sex therapist, which is crazy because by the looks of her, I wouldn't assume that would be a category that she's a specialist in. And so let me get this straight. As a woman, I'm being told now that it should be socially promoted and acceptable to allow men for us to drug ourselves so men can take out their kinks and fetishes on us instead of maybe saying those Kingston fetishes are actually not okay and don't really have a place in a productive society. And then the other one is like, in what, first of all, it's funny because it's always so insulting to women, but you never hear women except for women on the right get upset about it.

16:10Of course, when you, a mother's breast milk is the only person who can have that breast milk. And, um, it's funny, like, obviously if you're a man producing it, which is not even a real thing, that's not going to be pumped with the most insane level of God knows what hormones, everything. It's not going to be natural. So to even compare it is so crazy. But then maybe this is why they should just shut down because if this is the content you're putting out, which is blatantly false because that's not even possible, then what are we doing here? What is this? Link, allow me to quote Jack Burns from Meet the Parents circa year 2000.

16:47I have nipples, Greg. Can you milk me? i could not agree with emily more okay these like feminists who are all about acceptance and stuff they were the ones pushing the me too movement where guys would get canceled for like asking a girl out at the office now those same people want trans freaks in every locker room they want them on women's sports teams making women feel unsafe and now they're telling women you just need to accept it okay you got to accept the guys coming in you got to accept the trans coming in people making you uncomfortable we just saw this with gold's gym in california it's like all of you liberal feminazis who are like pushing all this meat do and protect women y 'all don't actually care about protecting women at all because you want men to come in and take over their spaces and i also agree with emily on the last point too all these people who are like pro-choice and sex positive they're always the most like chewbacca looking people probably aren't getting laid if you even come near them with a 10 foot hey so they're always having the least amount of sex listen brother this is your first time on the show we don't make fun of wookies that's one of So that's one of the basic Reuben Report rules.

17:49Well, you actually gave me a great segue here because here is a woman with very fake eyelashes standing next to a tall dude in a dress making fun of actual women. Did I get that right? I think so. Okay, a lot of the MAGA women receive gender-affirming care such as lip fillers, breast augmentation, et cetera. Why do you think they are so against gender-affirming care for trans people? You know you want to say it. Okay, so I have this thing where like you know a MAGA woman when you see one. They all have a look, right? But they live to be able to. Anyway, that's a whole other issue. But yeah, they don't even know.

18:24Because when that was brought up on the house floor, because there was a discussion about this on the house floor, they were like, how dare you say we use? And it's like, no, that's exactly what y 'all do. Y 'all just didn't realize that that's what it is. But okay. Yeah. I think I can make another Star Wars reference because her hair looks like Bib Fortuna, the guy that was the translator for Jabba the Hutt. We'll get an image of him in there. Link, help me with this. They're attacking regular women while you've got fake eyelash lady, Bib Fortuna hair, talking to a dude in a dress. Okay, we've got a man in a dress with pink hair.

18:58And then you've got Jasmine Crackalacka Crockett standing there. And it looks like someone took a shit on her head. I'm sorry. It looks like someone took a dump on her head when you look at her hair. And you know what? If she's going to talk about everyone else's looks, people are like, don't be petty. Don't be shallow. Don't talk about looks. All these liberal women do is attack conservatives for the way they look. It's always their go-to. We don't like your hair. We don't like your makeup. If I say anything negative about Jasmine Crockett, I'm racist because she's a black woman of color. You know what I'm saying?

19:27So it's just the hypocrisy and the double standards. So screw you, Jasmine Crockett. And I'm also from Dallas, Texas. Nobody respects you. You don't show up for your constituents and you're a joke. I should note that my reaction there wasn't to what you said. Conor put up quickly a picture of Bib Fortuna and it freaked me out. I thought it was the BBC woman. Emily, thoughts? Yeah, I mean, I am one of those women. I mean, if you go to any of my comment sections, like it's never my politics that's getting attacked. It's constantly my looks. And it's always coming from liberal women. And it's so funny because it's like I understand attacking my politics and my opinions.

20:05I actually can respect that. But it's so funny. They're like, they all have the same look about them. Well, at the end of the day, if you put every single woman on the left compared to women on the right, we are significantly more attractive. And yes, I understand maybe women get too much work done. That's okay. But I'm like, I am like very, very natural. And I still get attacked and I'm told, Oh, you have too much Botox. Oh, you have wrinkles. You don't have enough Botox. And it's like, okay, so my politics must be fantastic. If all you have is my looks to attack. I can make three star Wars references here, because if you've ever, if you guys have ever been to Mar-a-Lago, I mean, you walk in there and you see the work these women have done, it's like walking into the cantina on Tatooine.

20:40You're like, it's freaky. That's all I'm saying. So I've never seen Star Wars, but I'm going to defend my Mar-a-Lago women. They are beautiful, conservative women. I absolutely love them. So shout out to you guys. But no, it is just this double standard where the left can attack women on the right for the way they look all the time. The biggest difference, I think, between women on the left and women on the right is that women on the right actually have vaginas. You know what I'm saying? And women on the left have dicks. So that is actually the biggest difference between them. And I think that's also tying into the whole Sydney Sweeney thing.

21:10Everyone's mad about Sydney Sweeney for that American Eagle ad. And she was pressured last week into apologizing. It's like, you're mad that, you know, we had Calvin Klein for years. They had these like non-binary obese people with like scars on their chest. Y 'all are mad that now we just like have an actual woman. Like Sydney Sweeney is not a supermodel by any means. Like she's okay. She's fine. You go to any SEC school, there are like a thousand Sydney Sweeney's girls, even more beautiful. But I think the left is just mad. It's like, oh, they put an actual woman in an ad now with the proper chromosomes?

21:36What are they doing? And Link, you strike me as a breast guy. Am I right? The last time I was near a breast was I think the first year of my life. Here's a bit more from about, I should say, Jasmine Crockett. The hog right now. And for a woman who is openly flirting with trying to run for Texas Senate seat against Senator either John Cornyn or whoever comes out of that primary, you are seeing a woman who's not spending an awful lot of time in Texas. That whole list of places she's been living high on the hog, I didn't see anything mentioning Dallas or Houston or Amarillo. Right, she's all across the country making sure that she is getting taken care of, that her nails look fabulous, and that she is sounding off however she wants to.

22:20For those of you listening on the audio podcast, what you were seeing on the side there was a list of where Jasmine has been spending her money, including over$4 ,000 at the Ritz-Carlton,$2 ,300 at the Luxury Collection, $5 ,300 at the West Hollywood Edition, over 1 ,100 on the Times Square edition. These are hotels and fancy restaurants and all the rest of it. Aria Resort over two grand in Vegas, et cetera, et cetera. Again, it's like one of these, this doesn't surprise you questions, Emily, but this is just so consistent with all these people, right? It's socialism for you, but I'm gonna ball out when I go to Vegas.

22:55Yeah, I say it every week on my show because I really like to give the names of people and what they're spending to really show these people. Like, you should be so angry. You should be so angry, and you're not. My only regret in life is not being a Democrat because when I see the spending, I mean, we have people in California, no one knows their name, no one knows their job position, and$60 ,000 on a rooftop in New York, first-class flights around the world, safaris, safaris on our tax dollars that cost millions of dollars. And it's so funny. It's all the same people that promote, you shouldn't be a millionaire, but then they become millionaires.

23:31You shouldn't be a billionaire. and they live these lavish luxury lifestyles. I'm like, that's not socialism. But I'm like, it's funny how much you guys hate on capitalism. You're the biggest capitalist I've ever seen. But yeah, my only regret is not being a crap Democrat. Well, you are in a Democrat-run state and there's a guy by the name of Gavin Newsom who's got a buddy in a little bit of hot water. I just, this is just a gratuitous story for me because I despise that lizard person. This from the New York Post. California Governor Gavin Newsom's former chief of staff was arrested Wednesday in charge with plotting with accomplices to swipe$225 ,000 from an inactive political campaign and funnel it straight into a friend's pocket, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.