WGA Slams Scott Pelleyโs Firing and CBS Newsโ โCruel and Needless Layoffsโ: โA Profound Contempt for the Journalism Professionโ
The head of the Writers Guild of America East union blasted Paramount-owned CBS News for recent โcruel and needless layoffs,โ its firing of โ60 Minutesโ correspondent Scott Pelley and the shutdown of CBS News Radio. In a message to members Thursday morning, WGA East president Tom Fontana decried the โassaults on CBS News, an institution [โฆ]