During his symbolic first stop at the CBS News offices after closing the Paramount-Skydance mega-merger last month, David Ellison – the network’s new owner – said “all the right things” during his meet-and-greet with staff.
Barely a month later, whatever goodwill the chief executive had built up had evaporated entirely, with multiple network staffers telling The Independent that Ellison had “lost the trust” of the newsroom, who now see him as nothing but a “liar” as he takes steps to appease the right and President Donald Trump.
