
CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane exits in latest network shake-up: ‘I look forward to some independence’
NY Post
CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane on Monday announced his surprise exit from the network — saying he looks forward to “some independence” in the latest shake-up under editor in chief Bari Weiss.
The journo shared a note he sent to CBS staffers on social media after “Tom” — likely CBS News president Tom Cibrowski — announced his exit during a meeting that morning.
“To my incredible colleagues at CBS: I want to personally let you know that my work will soon no longer appear on CBS News. This is my decision, and I appreciate the bosses at CBS for understanding it,” MacFarlane wrote in the note.
“For the next phase of my career, I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share my work in line with my personal goals … The work will not stop, and I’ll always be a call away.”
CBS and its parent company, Paramount Skydance, did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
MacFarlane joined CBS News in 2021 as a justice correspondent after spending eight years at NBC Washington as an investigative reporter.

“Everyone is worrying about what comes next,” reports David Patrikarakos at The Free Press of what people in Iran are telling him. He talked to “a friend in Tehran I will call Reza. ‘The bombing is heavy,’ he told me. ‘And it’s frightening. But we have been frightened and terrorized for almost 50 years.’ ” No one sees any “signs of mass uprising — it’s just too dangerous” as “gangs of Basij enforcers, often heavily armed, roam the streets, threatening civilians and forcing them indoors.” Indeed, “the entire regime is now on a war footing,” but: “The state is in disarray. Senior officials are scattered and confused” and “an internal power struggle appears to be under way.” He concludes: “Despite the Islamic Republic’s best efforts, the battle for Iran — by both external powers and Iranians inside the country — is far from over. It may take time, but I am convinced this regime will fall.”












