Overview
- Patta is reportedly consulting legal advisers after her termination, with questions raised about severance and a recently signed three-year contract.
- Roughly 100 CBS News positions were cut under new network president Tom Cibrowski, according to coverage of the restructuring.
- The New York Post and subsequent reports say the move is connected to backlash over Patta’s August interview with Mike Huckabee about Gaza.
- Huckabee accused CBS of heavy editing and his team shared what it said was the unedited transcript online, as recounted in the latest coverage.
- Reports also describe editorial leadership influence on staffing, including claims that Bari Weiss retained correspondent Chris Livesay after he lobbied to keep his role, while neither CBS nor Patta has publicly commented.