
'CBS Evening News' producer quits in widely panned farewell note, defends liberal label by quoting Cronkite
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CBS News producer Alicia Hastey criticized editor-in-chief Bari Weiss' "heterodox" journalism direction in a farewell memo after taking a buyout offer from the network.
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"[T]here has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as ‘heterodox’ journalism," Hastey wrote in a memo posted on X by New York Times reporter Ben Mullin.
"The truth is that commitment to those people and the stories they have to sell is increasingly becoming impossible," Hastey continued. "Stories may instead be 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."













