CBS News producer Alicia Hastey left the network on Wednesday after four years, taking aim at what she described as a troubling shift in editorial direction under the leadership of Bari Weiss. In a sharply worded departure message, Hastey announced she had accepted a buyout and said the day marked her final time working inside CBS’s Broadcast Center.
“It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am taking a buy out and today was my last day in the Broadcast Center,” Hastey wrote in a statement. “I joined the network four years ago with gratitude and optimism and I want to leave you with these thoughts only as a reminder of things I know you already know.”
