CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is reportedly facing scrutiny over her alleged role in shaping a headline that linked Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to deleted tweets referencing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The article, titled "Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past remarks," was published on Monday and drew criticism for being racist and promoting Islamophobia. According to unnamed sources cited by writer Oliver Darcy, Weiss personally directed that the headline be changed to emphasize El-Sayed's deletion of tweets about 9/11. She also praised the author of the article during a morning editorial meeting, signaling her support for the piece across the network. This report adds to previous allegations that Weiss, who became editor-in-chief last year, has interfered in her staff's reporting to promote a more conservative political agenda. The Independent has requested comments from CBS and its parent company, Paramount. Weiss, a former conservative political commentator with no previous broadcast experience, was made editor-in-chief of CBS News after Paramount merged with Skydance. Since her appointment, the company has seen the departure of several producers and reporters, some of whom have accused Weiss of undermining the network's journalistic integrity. The latest accusation involves Weiss pushing a negative story about El-Sayed, a progressive Democratic candidate and practicing Muslim, by linking him to comments about 9/11. One example cited in the report includes a now-deleted tweet from 2020 in which El-Sayed compared the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 to the massive death toll of the Covid-19 pandemic to promote public health policies. In the tweet, El-Sayed wrote that he hoped the death toll "means we’ll spend the next ten years fighting a war on public health & against poverty… like we launched a global #WaronTerror after 9/11." Sources within CBS News told Darcy that the article about El-Sayed was poorly received by staffers, who said it called into question the network's objectivity. Lawmakers, political commentators, and others also questioned the headline. Congresswoman Delia Ramirez responded on X: "Islamophobia spewed carelessly by elected officials and the media makes us all less safe." Arizona Rep. Yassamin Ansari critiqued: "What an insane, blatantly racist headline. Unreal." Liberal commentator Mehdi Hassan asked Weiss, "do you think it's super offensive and disgusting and Islamophobic to do a tweet about the potential first ever Muslim Democratic senator which begins by referencing 9/11?"