CBS News Producer Admits Stories Are Vetted For Ideology

Now-former CBS News producer Alicia Hastey revealed in a memo announcing her departure from the network that under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, stories are being vetted for their ideological content, rather than for their newsworthiness. The memo further confirms the network’s shift to the right under parent company Paramount’s pro-Trump leadership.

In Hastey’s memo, released Wednesday night, she laments Weiss for implementing a “sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional...