US Edition‘CBS Evening News’ Producer Blasts Bari Weiss Changes in Fiery Exit Note
Alicia Hastey criticized CBS News’ shift to heterodox journalism under Bari Weiss, with six of 20 producers taking buyouts amid restructuring and fears of ideological pressure.
- On Wednesday, Alicia Hastey resigned from CBS News after four years, saying she took a buyout and that day was her last in the Broadcast Center while criticizing a `sweeping new vision` under new leadership.
- CBS News unveiled a `21st century` vision a little over two weeks earlier, and CBS News HR circulated a late-January buyout offer as six of approximately 20 producers took buyouts.
- Hastey argued that stories are evaluated on ideological conformity rather than journalistic merit, hindering the commitment to underrepresented perspectives, she wrote.
- CBS circulated buyout offers and the resignation adds to internal criticism of CBS News' direction under Bari Weiss, with representatives not immediately responding to TheWrap.
- Amid those controversies, a pulled 60 Minutes piece became a flashpoint as Weiss faced blowback last month for shelving it hours before airing, though it later drew over 5 million viewers on Jan. 18, and correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called it a `political decision`.
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Critics say the producer left because she was upset that her views are no longer aligned with the network’s ‘ideological expectations.’
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A "CBS Evening News" producer abruptly resigned on Wednesday, accusing the network of a "shifting set of ideological expectations" in a message that went viral on social media.Alicia Hastey, who worked at CBS News since 2021, according to her LinkedIn profile, reportedly told colleagues that she took a buyout offer and would exit the network. In her farewell note, Hastey insisted she is proud of the work she did over the past four years before t…
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