Because this is a very public example of the high level attempted censorship of us news media by people who support the current government. Disastrously, most of the major us media outlets have been bought by wealthy oligarchs who are politically aligned with the president and there's an active process of censorship.
It's actually true that at CBS News Bari Weiss was installed as a political minder to make sure that reporters don't do anything conservatives don't like.
This is also relevant because plenty of these would be censors are wealthy silicon valley conservatives.