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CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader
Bari Weiss. All of them are women
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Thu, October 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM PDT
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CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader
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After weeks of nerve-racking anticipation, Paramount finally followed
through with its rCLtough dayrCY of layoffs, which included letting roughly 100 CBS News employees go on Wednesday. All told, the sweeping cuts
resulted in the loss of two streaming shows, the gutting of the
networkrCOs Saturday morning news program, and the disbanding of its race
and culture unit.

On top of that, eight on-air correspondents and hosts were given their
pink slips rCo and all of them are women, with half of them people of color.

According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed
after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss,
leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the
last minute.

Meanwhile, a CBS News producer who was fired as part of the network-wide
cuts took to social media Wednesday to suggest that executives were
engaging in rCLrace-based layoffs,rCY claiming that every producer from his team who was laid off is a person of color while his white colleagues
were relocated to other jobs.

While the layoffs have been anticipated since chairman David Ellison
took over Paramount in August following its politically fraught merger
with Skydance Media, they also take place after Ellison promised the
Trump administration that herCOd eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies once he took over the company.

CBS News laid off around 100 staffers on Wednesday as part of steep
company cuts rCo and every on-air personality that was fired was female. (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
CBS News laid off around 100 staffers on Wednesday as part of steep
company cuts rCo and every on-air personality that was fired was female. (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
And though a network source stressed to The Independent that the layoffs
were in the works well before Weiss was hired earlier this month, her installation as the newsroomrCOs top editor rCo who reports directly to Ellison rCo also indicated the direction the media mogul was looking to
take the network.

Representatives for CBS News and Weiss did not respond to requests for comment.

Even before she founded the anti-woke and rCLheterodoxrCY digital outlet The Free Press, which Ellison purchased for $150 million this month, Weiss
has been an outspoken critic of diversity initiatives and rCLwokenessrCY in the workplace and media. She famously quit her job as a New York Times columnist in 2020 over the paperrCOs rCLilliberal environment,rCY claiming she was a victim of bullying from her leftist colleagues over her rCLcentristrCY viewpoints.

rCLIt is time to end DEI for good,rCY Weiss declared in a 2023 op-ed. rCLNo more standing by as people are encouraged to segregate themselves. No
more forced declarations that you will prioritize identity over
excellence. No more compelled speech. No more going along with little
lies for the sake of being polite.rCY

Following media reports that layoffs were expected this week, Ellison
sent a memo on Wednesday morning to Paramount staff announcing the first
round of cuts, which is estimated to include about 1,000 employees
across the company. The media giant is expected to lay off another 1,000 staffers in the coming months.

rCLIn some areas, we are addressing redundancies that have emerged across
the organization,rCY he wrote. rCLIn others, we are phasing out roles that
are no longer aligned with our evolving priorities and the new structure designed to strengthen our focus on growth. Ultimately, these steps are necessary to position Paramount for long-term success.rCY

Weiss, meanwhile, briefly addressed the impact of the layoffs on the
network in the morning editorial call on Wednesday, telling staff that
it was rCLan enormously difficult day for so many people who have given
years of their lives to this companyrCY and that her rCLdoor is openrCY to those looking for rCLsupport.rCY

While the network didnrCOt confirm the number of CBS News employees who
were laid off, sources told The Independent it was about 100. The
layoffs were also felt across the entire division, impacting the
networkrCOs foreign correspondents and bureaus.

With CBS News axing two streaming shows, stripping its Saturday morning program to the bone, disbanding its race and culture unit and
eliminating its Johannesburg bureau, the network ended up laying off
eight hosts and correspondents with on-air roles.

Among those let go were CBS Saturday Morning co-anchors Dana Jacobson
and Michelle Miller. While the show will remain on the air for now, it
will now be steered by executive producer Shawna Thomas, who leads the networkrCOs weekday morning program.

Roughly two-thirds of the weekend showrCOs staff was also laid off, as the
CBS Mornings crew will now double up their duties on the Saturday
program. It has yet to be determined who will host the show moving
forward, as the network revamps it.

Sources told The Independent that new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss stepped
in and removed a male foreign correspondentrCOs name from the layoff list after he appealed directly to her, replacing him with Debora Patta at
the last minute. (CBS Evening News)
Sources told The Independent that new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss stepped
in and removed a male foreign correspondentrCOs name from the layoff list after he appealed directly to her, replacing him with Debora Patta at
the last minute. (CBS Evening News)
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Lisa Ling, who joined CBS News in 2023 after nine years as a CNN host,
was also among the casualties on Wednesday. The former co-host of The
View had largely focused on feature pieces and deep dives about American culture that were broadcast across the networkrCOs platforms. She had been working on a CBS Mornings series about the rCLstate of spiritualityrCY in
the US.

Other on-air correspondents who were released include Elise Preston,
Nancy Chen, Janet Shamlian and Nikki Battiste, all of whom were based in
the United States. Additionally, the network also laid off senior
foreign correspondent Debora Patta, who had been with the network since
2013.

Patta, meanwhile, had been one of CBS NewsrCO top reporters on the Israel-Hamas War, recently filing dispatches from the ground. Marking
the two-year anniversary of the war, and as a fragile ceasefire
agreement was being negotiated, she reported on the rCLsolemn memorial eventsrCY taking place in Israel.

According to several CBS News staffers, Patta has been seen as a rCLvery fairrCY reporter in covering the ongoing war in Gaza, largely sticking to
the facts on the ground while steering clear of any emotional
investment. Earlier this month, for example, she did back-to-back
stories about a slain Israeli hostagerCOs mom urging leaders to end rCLpain
in our region,rCY and Gazans orphaned by the war longing for their lost childhoods.

Patta, based at the Johannesburg bureau shuttered in the latest round of
cuts, was told beforehand that she was rCLsaferCY and was not supposed to be laid off this week, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation.

Instead, sources said that Patta saw her name added after another male
foreign correspondent apparently complained to Weiss rCo who is stridently pro-Israel and describes herself as a rCLZionist fanaticrCY rCo that he wasnrCOt
getting enough airtime nor was deployed to cover the Gaza war because of
his support for Israel.

Notably, during WeissrCO first full week in her role as chief editor, she
sent a missive out to all news employees requesting that they send her a
memo describing rCLhow you spend your working hoursrCY and rCLwhat yourCOve made
(or are making) that yourCOre most proud of.rCY

She added in the note: rCLIrCOm also interested in hearing your views on whatrCOs working; whatrCOs broken or substandard; and how we can be better. Please be blunt rCo it will help me greatly.rCY

With the departure of Patta, who one senior staffer called rCL100% fair
and accuraterCY in reporting from Gaza, the networkrCOs coverage gap in the region will likely now be filled by Rome-based correspondent Chris
Livesay, according to multiple sources.

The Independent has reached out to Patta for comment.

CBS News producer Trey Sherman reacted to his layoff on Wednesday by
accusing his superior of playing favorites and helping relocate only
white staffers to other jobs at the network. (TikTok/@treymous)
CBS News producer Trey Sherman reacted to his layoff on Wednesday by
accusing his superior of playing favorites and helping relocate only
white staffers to other jobs at the network. (TikTok/@treymous)
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As for the specter of the network laying off only women on-air
personalities on Wednesday, four of whom are people of color, it
prompted the remaining staff members to express their disgust at the
optics. rCLIt is pretty appalling,rCY one network employee told The Independent. (John Dickerson, the current co-anchor of CBS Evening News, announced on Monday that he was departing the network at the end of the
year.)

At the same time, Trey Sherman rCo a former associate producer on CBS
Evening News Plus rCo took to social media on Wednesday to accuse his superiors of playing favorites in the layoffs, specifically around the
issue of race.

Shortly after it was revealed that CBS Evening News Plus was canceled
and the majority of its team had been let go, Sherman rCo who is Black and part of the LGBTQ community rCo posted a story to his Instagram account claiming that rCLevery producer who was laid off on my team is a person of colorrCY while rCLevery producer on my team who will be relocated within the company is white.rCY

Sherman would go into further detail about his allegations in a
follow-up video on TikTok, asserting that he had spoken to the executive
in charge of the show about whether there was rCLconsiderationrCY about
moving the programrCOs staff to other CBS News positions.

rCLHe said, we advocated to keep the show. We advocated to try to get you relocated somewhere else, and we couldnrCOt,rCY Sherman said, referencing
the head of special events and streaming, David Reiter.

According to Sherman, he then went to his white colleagues and began
asking them whether they had been laid off, rCLonly to find out it was
only the people of color.rCY He added that while it wasnrCOt ReiterrCOs decision to eliminate the show, rCLbut he did get to decide who got to stay.rCY

rCLI told him, you said you couldnrCOt get us relocated, only to find out
you were able to get some people relocated, and they all happened to be
white. Am I supposed to believe thatrCOs a coincidence? And he said rCyyes,rCOrCY Sherman continued, noting that Reiter said he chose to keep people he had worked with before.

rCLSo not only is it not based on merit,rCY Sherman concluded. rCLIt is, in its result, racist. I donrCOt care if you decided to keep people who had purple-colored hair. You decided to keep people you had worked with
before, which I donrCOt even know if thatrCOs true. If the outcome of the action was racist, that sh*t is f***ed.rCY

Sherman declined to comment, noting that he is seeking legal advice
before further speaking about this matter publicly.

Meanwhile, the brutal layoffs in the newsroom and the prospect of
further cuts down the road have led to plummeting staff morale, which
has only been exacerbated by WeissrCO fledgling tenure and EllisonrCOs simultaneous spending spree to build onto his burgeoning empire.

While the 42-year-old media mogul rCo whose father is Oracle founder and
close Trump ally Larry Ellison rCo looks to cut $2 billion from
ParamountrCOs ledger and lay off thousands of employees, he has spent
billions of dollars on luring the UFC and other media assets to his
company while aggressively attempting a costly takeover of rival Warner
Bros. Discovery.

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EMPTYUU
12 hours ago
She was hired to "Drain the swamp", so they say. Ratings have steadily
been plummeting for mainstream media and rightfully so. The more
intelligent companies are now making course corrections to keep their
programs afloat.

jim
14 hours ago
NYT. Bat Mitzvah. Columbia U grad. Gay. Sure sounds MAGA to me.


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