Bari Weiss has added another Fox News star to her list of potential 'CBS Evening News' anchors

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Source: Independent

While it has already been reported that Weiss is eyeing Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier and CNN star Anderson Cooper for the role, despite both making eight-digit salaries and being locked into contracts with rival networks, The Guardian revealed Friday that another name has entered the fray: Fox News anchor Dana Perino.

Perino, a former George W. Bush spokesperson, has been with the conservative cable giant since 2009 and currently serves as both a co-anchor of the midday news broadcast America’s Newsroom and a panelist on the top-rated roundtable program The Five.

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Much like Baier, who shot down the CBS News rumors this week by making it clear he’s signed with Fox News through 2028, Perino has a long-term contract with the right-wing network. In fact, as The Guardian pointed out, she’s locked into her Fox News deal until the 2030s.

While it seems highly unlikely that Perino would be able to jump to CBS due to her contract – she would need to negotiate a buyout with Fox owners Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch – one this is abundantly clear: she is a self-described “huge fan” of Weiss, and vice versa.

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