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MAGA-Curious CBS Culled Reporter Who Told Truth About RFK Jr.
April 15, 2026
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ReutersA CBS News staffer who wrote that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spread misinformation was later laid off, according to testimony about the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.On Wednesday, Michael Isaac, the legal director of Writers Guild of America East, spoke at a hearing held by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker about the potential merger.
Paramount Skydance, CBS News’ parent company, is poised to acquire the parent company of CNN, HBO, and several other properties after Netflix backed out of the bidding war.CBS Editor-in-Chief and anti-woke opinion journalist Bari Weiss has overseen buyouts and layoffs since taking the helm last fall. One staffer included in last month’s layoffs of 60-70 staffers, Isaac said, per the Guardian’s Jeremy Barr, was a staffer who “was reprimanded for writing that RFK Jr. spread misinformation.” Read more at The Daily Beast.
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