One of the veteran broadcasters Bari Weiss personally recruited to help salvage CBS News publicly warned that his new boss could "crash and burn" in vivid color. Asked about the walkouts, firings, and infighting that have defined Weiss' tenure so far, Phillips didn't soften the blow. "Bari and her team have a huge tanker of a network news organisation to turn around, and they are assembling a little team on the bridge," Phillips told the newspaper, according to Variety. "The great thing about her is that she's one of those people who will either change the world or crash and burn." One TV executive told The Daily Beast that "the idea that Ross can be a '60' correspondent is a joke."