Chaos at CBS News’ Parent Company, Paramount, as  Liberal Staff Denounce Formerly Woke Executives for Axing DEI To Appease Trump ‘Mob Bosses’

The staffers are accusing executives of complying with ‘unethical policies that do not apply to us in order to curry political favor.’

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George Cheeks, President & CEO, CBS and Chief Content Officer, News and Sports Paramount+ Co-CEO, Paramount Global, Shari Redstone, President and CEO, National Amusements Chairwoman, Paramount Global and Chris McCarthy, President & CEO, SHO/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks Co-CEO, Paramount Global at New York City. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Paramount

The decision by executives at Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News,  to drastically scale back their once-ballyhooed diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives is sparking an internal backlash, with left-wing staff members sending an anonymous, “blistering letter,” as a New York Times reporter described it, comparing the move to paying off a mob boss. 

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