WGA East Accuses CBS Leadership of 'Near-Constant' Editorial Interference After 'Cruel and Needless' Layoffs

Writers Guild of America East president Tom Fontana skewered CBS News leadership on Thursday for being anti-journalism following the recent layoffs at "60 Minutes" and the subsequent fallout. "Like many of you, I have been alarmed by recent developments at CBS News. In the past year, CBS has enacted cruel and needless layoffs across the organization and shuttered CBS News Radio," Fontana wrote. "In addition, based on a string of public reporting and confidential reports from WGAE members, it is clear that CBS brass is engaged in a near-constant level of editorial interference that . . .