"Let's Do the Fucking News"

Bari Weiss's attempt at a rousing call to arms in her first address to CBS News staffers was met with immediate skepticism, as some in the newsroom were left unimpressed by her choice of words.

"So we're going to lead by quoting fictional TV shows now?" one staffer told FTVLive, reacting to Weiss's declaration.

The chilly reception occurred on a Tuesday morning editorial call, just a day after Paramount named Weiss the editor-in-chief of CBS News and announced the acquisition of her anti-woke digital outlet, The Free Press.

According to multiple sources on the call, Weiss told the staff she wants to "win" before delivering her rallying cry: “Let’s do the fucking news.” The line, seen as a paraphrase from HBO’s The Newsroom, prompted some staffers to literally roll their eyes in response, signaling a potentially bumpy start for the network's new leadership.