(Sipa via AP Images)<\/p>\n
A producer for the CBS Evening News has abruptly quit the show \u2014 citing the \u201cshifting set of ideological expectations\u201d inside the Bari Weiss-run news division.<\/p>\n
New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin, in a late Wednesday night post on X<\/a>, shared screenshots from a note written by CBS Evening News producer Alicia Hastey \u2014 who criticized the \u201csweeping new vision\u201d at the network.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as \u2018heterodox\u2019 journalism,\u201d Hastey wrote. She added, \u201cStories may be instead be evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations \u2014 a dynamic that pressures producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid challenging narratives that might trigger backlash or unfavorable headlines.<\/p>\n Hastey added, \u201cthe very excellence we seek to sustain is hindered by fear and uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n The New York Post reported<\/a>, on Tuesday, that six of approximately 20 producers on the flagship CBS evening newscast took buyouts ahead of impending layoffs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Evening News has a new host and a new direction, and there will be more change coming. We hope you are excited about this vision, but we understand that some of you may not be, and we want to provide support,\u201d an unsigned email from CBS News HR in late January read \u2014 touting the buyout offer.<\/p>\n The note from Hastey is the latest internal criticism of the direction of CBS News under new boss Bari Weiss. In December, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi slammed<\/a> what she called a \u201cpolitical decision\u201d to shelve her segment on an infamous El Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration has sent migrants.<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014<\/p>\n The post CBS Evening News Producer Reportedly Quits in Fiery Note \u2014 Calls Out \u2018Shifting Set of Ideological Expectations\u2019 at Bari Weiss-Led Outlet<\/a> first appeared on Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Sipa via AP Images) A producer for the CBS Evening News has abruptly quit the show \u2014 citing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[216015,100518,61590,88,25573,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-463762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alicia-hastey","9":"tag-bari-weiss","10":"tag-cbs-evening-news","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-evening-news","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}