Some are blaming new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, but they should be blaming CBS parent company Paramount for the massive layoffs at the network on Wednesday. Better yet, they should be blaming themselves for making CBS News so redundant.
2,000 journalists axed at CBS -- possibly including woke icon Gayle King.
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) October 29, 2025
I'd say learn to code but given H1b's maybe learn to flip burgers 👍https://t.co/CvUU1uVAVi
The Daily Mail reports:
Brutal layoffs are hitting CBS News after its parent company announced a plan to axe more than 2,000 staff across the organization.
New editor-in-chief Bari Weiss acknowledged the cuts on the network's morning editorial call Wednesday, Semafor's Max Tani reported.
Weiss called it an 'enormously difficult day' for the network, according to Tani.
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The layoffs will include an initial round of cuts on Wednesday that will impact 1,000 staffers across various departments. Another 1,000 are soon to follow, the New York Times reported.
At CBS News, nearly 100 positions will be eliminated, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the cuts were planned before Weiss arrived at the network.
Oh no, the race and culture team has been disbanded.
New: I’ve confirmed that CBS News disbanded its race and culture team as part of the newsroom-wide layoffs today. The head of the unit, Alvin Patrick, remains on staff.https://t.co/weFkbeujLU
— Corbin Bolies (@CorbinBolies) October 29, 2025
Not the Race and Cutlure unit. 😂
— •Nic• (@AsTheWorldBurnz) October 29, 2025
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Not the Race and Culture unit! pic.twitter.com/7ETOQ87TiW
— Polybius Champion🐂💨🇺🇸 (@PolybiusChamp) October 29, 2025
What are the chances that the “Race and Culture” unit had any purpose (or intention) beyond pushing Leftist identity politics?
— George From NY (@GeorgeFromNY1) October 29, 2025
“Race and Culture Unit” aka “Special Victims Unit “
— Orpheus (@Antoine01686702) October 29, 2025
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Society when every organization has a Race and Culture Unit pic.twitter.com/DMATdZkCtJ
— die goldene horde (@david_streever) October 29, 2025
Guardian media reporter Jeremy Barr says one staffer described the layoffs as a "bloodbath." Remember when it filled a whole week's news cycle when Donald Trump used the word bloodbath on the campaign trail to explain the future of the auto industry under a second Biden term? Rep. Dan Goldman played dumb and asked, "Since when does anybody use the term 'bloodbath' related to economic problems?"
Some details on what was cut in the CBS News layoffs: the network has cancelled the "CBS Mornings Plus" streaming show and the "CBS Evenings Plus" show. Also, the network's Johannesburg bureau is closing. And the Saturday morning show is undergoing a format change...
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) October 29, 2025
One CBS News staffer described the cuts as a “blood bath.”
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) October 29, 2025
I’ve also heard that the Race and Culture unit was “gutted.” https://t.co/P3tPH618OL
Please delete this violent tweet.
— 🫃🏼💉🇺🇦🥥Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) October 29, 2025
https://t.co/PD3Yxy47KL pic.twitter.com/4QGGrpWwbH
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 29, 2025
Fun's just getting started. pic.twitter.com/YdA28J2mL5
— JWF (@JammieWF) October 29, 2025
Thank you for this terrific news, Jeremy! Put a smile on my face after a hard day.
— Dex (@Dex_InTheRed) October 29, 2025
Make 60 mins 30 mins, fire everyone, and have that half hour be dogs in bow ties from a wide angle lens while Yakety sax plays.
— ragekage (@KG76554) October 29, 2025
— ⬛️🟨🏴 e/rik e/xplains 🏴🟨⬛️ (@ErikExplains) October 29, 2025
Canceling two streaming shows and closing a South African news bureau constitutes a “blood bath”?
— John Cinnamon (@JohnCinnamon) October 29, 2025
It sounds like there was a lot of fat to trim at the Tiffany network. They can go to work picking vegetables or learning to code.
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