CBS Evening News producer has left the network.
Alicia Hastey, a producer on the CBS evening program, wrote a farewell letter and explained why she took a buyout from the TV broadcaster. New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin posted screenshots of Alicia's letter on X (formerly Twitter.)
Within her parting message, the CBS Evening News producer also criticized the network's "sweeping new vision." CBS has been through a series of changes since its parent company, Paramount, merged with Skydance Media last year.
There has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as 'heterodox' journalism," Alicia wrote in part
Stories are evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations — a dynamic that pressures producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid challenging narratives that might trigger backlash or unfavorable headlines," she continued.