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Bari Weiss's CBS News rocked by explosive leak of firing threat
What happened
AlterNet reports that CBS News foreign editor Shayndi Raice warned journalists during a Tuesday staff meeting that refusing management directives could constitute insubordination and provide legal grounds for firing. Leaked audio captured Raice telling employees that CBS was not their personal publishing platform and that senior editors controlled what the network aired.
The confrontation followed disputes over two 60 Minutes reports concerning Israel and Gaza. Correspondent Holly Williams said editors removed Gaza’s Palestinian death toll from a segment and presented revisions…
The skinny
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