Sanjana Karanth at The Huffington Post reports the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), which represents Unionized Employees at both CBS News and CBS News Digital, slammed the network's new Right-Wing leadership for enacting "cruel and needless layoffs" and recently firing major 60 Minutes Correspondents like Scott Pelley. In a letter to Members, which include HuffPost's Union, WGAE President Tom Fontana said it's clear "CBS brass is engaged in a near-constant level of editorial interference that would have previously been unthinkable" - and that the decision to fire Pelley for calling out such behavior shows management is "apparently too thin-skinned to handle the honest scrutiny of their own Journalists." "Thousands of your Union Brothers, Sisters and Siblings have your backs," Fontana told the Network's Employees, calling the shakeup "more than a mere ideological interference with the news" - but rather a display of "profound contempt for the Journalism Profession, for our Members who have dedicated their lives to informing the public about the world and for the ethics that underpin true Journalism." Neither Paramount nor CBS News appear to have yet commented on the Labor Leader's message.

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