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Mary Walsh, a CBS News veteran who is leaving after 46 years, warns in a farewell memo that reporters have been told to target a particular political spectrum, amid a broader reshaping as Paramount Skydance bids for Warner Bros. Discovery/CNN and Bari Weiss’s leadership signals a shift that has CNN staff fearing a MAGA-friendly direction.
A veteran CBS News producer Mary Walsh exits with a farewell memo alleging staff are being steered to report for a particular political spectrum, a shift critics associate with Bari Weiss’s leadership. The note arrives as Paramount Skydance head David Ellison pursues CNN’s parent company, fueling newsroom anxiety about CNN’s future under new ownership.
Mary Walsh, a CBS News veteran of more than 40 years, exits the network claiming staff were instructed to aim reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum, a charge CBS News leadership says is untrue, as the network undergoes leadership changes and ongoing buyouts within CBS Evening News.