• by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, 9 hours ago

The stars of CBS are now blasting their own company for the tumult at CBS News attributed to the arrival of outsider Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief.

One of them was comedian Nikki Glaser, host of the Golden Globes on CBS last Sunday, who branded CBS News as “B.S. News” in her opening monologue.

“And the award for most editing goes to … CBS News!” she declared derisively. “Yes, CBS News: America’s newest place to see B.S. news!”

She was no doubt referring to recent editing decisions made under the reign of Weiss, such as the suspicious last-minute yanking of a “60 Minutes” segment just before airtime.

Not only was the awards show on the very network Glaser was lambasting, but Paramount CEO David Ellison -- the architect of the changes now sweeping through CBS News -- was reportedly present in the audience to hear the whole thing.

Also piling on this week was none other than CBS late-night legend David Letterman, who spent 22 years at CBS as one of the network’s most revered and profitable stars.

“What about those idiots at CBS?” asked Letterman, 78, in an interview on “The Barbara Gaines Show,” a YouTube show hosted by one of his long-time producers, Barbara Gaines.

“CBS News is a wreck that’s just gone!” he said sadly before paying homage to the greatness of CBS News throughout the history of broadcasting.

“CBS News for decades going back to World War II, before World War II, they would be … Ed Murrow would be broadcasting the blitz of London from the rooftop of buildings in London for CBS Radio!” Letterman said angrily as he mourned the decline of his beloved TV home.

“And it was that mentality that drove the integrity of CBS News that has been trampled on, pissed on and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over!” railed the comedian turned-broadcast-news historian. “I’m at a point where it’s really hurting my feelings!”

The broadsides from two of CBS’s top personalities came as The New York Times published an exposé that detailed some of the behind-the-scenes flubs and foul-ups that have occurred so far this year under the watch of Weiss, a network news novice.

Among other things, the story alleges that last-minute edits in the script for “CBS Evening News” on January 5 -- the debut broadcast for new anchor Tony Dokoupil -- wreaked havoc on the teleprompter, throwing the newscast into disarray.

The snafu “left the anchor grasping for words and shaking his head with frustration in front of millions of live viewers,” the Times reported. “First night, big problems here,” he said on the air, according to the Times.

Elsewhere, the story said a memo from Weiss to “Evening News” producers exhorted them to “make sure every single night has something with viral potential.”

This week, the only viral videos relating to CBS News were the ones from CBS comedians lamenting the state of the network’s news division.