D: Paramount has tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, a right-leaning D.C. think tank, to serve as ombudsman for CBS News. Skydance committed to hiring an ombudsman as it sought FCC regulatory approval of its acquisition of Paramount.

On Monday, Paramount announced the appointment of Kenneth R. Weinstein, the former as president and CEO of Hudson Institute, to the role. CBS News reports Weinstein “has served on multiple federal advisory boards spanning the last four U.

Paramount has selected Kenneth R. Weinstein, the former president and chief executive of the conservative-leaning Hudson Institute think tank, to serve as ombudsman and review editorial complaints raised against CBS News.

Paramount Global named former Hudson Institute CEO Kenneth Weinstein to serve as ombudsman of CBS News, assigning someone who led a conservative think tank and worked outside the traditional world of journalism to monitor the news unit’s reporting and scrutinize it against claims of bias.