{"id":2579289,"date":"2026-03-12T22:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-veteran-cbs-reporter-quit-after-network-refused-to-obsess-over-jan-6-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:10:52","slug":"report-veteran-cbs-reporter-quit-after-network-refused-to-obsess-over-jan-6-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-veteran-cbs-reporter-quit-after-network-refused-to-obsess-over-jan-6-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Veteran CBS Reporter Quit After Network Refused to Obsess Over Jan. 6 Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-veteran-cbs-reporter-quit-after-network-refused-to-obsess-over-jan-6-anniversary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2579289&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CBS News chief Bari Weiss is attempting to steer the network toward a more centrist stance, but her leadership has unsettled some reporters who lean left. The piece notes that Weiss was brought in to temper CBS News\u2019s leftward drift but that her approach has irked at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-reporter-rebels-against-his-own-copany-in-surprising-on-air-statement\/\" title=\"&#039;60 Minutes&#039; Reporter Rebels Against His Own Copany in Surprising On...Air Statement\">veteran correspondent<\/a>. Justice Department correspondent Scott MacFarlane is reported to be leaving CBS News, with Status and other outlets describing his departure as the result of disillusionment with Weiss\u2019s leadership and the network\u2019s coverage decisions. macfarlane announced to colleagues that his work will soon no longer appear on CBS news and expressed a desire for greater independence and new opportunities in his next career phase. The report situates his departure within a broader wave of veteran reporters reportedly departing CBS News after Paramount\u2019s merger with Skydance, suggesting a wider overhaul of the network\u2019s tone, style, and lineup. While Weiss is not described as conservative, the article emphasizes that her changes are reshaping CBS News\u2019s editorial direction and interpersonal dynamics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It appears that Bari Weiss&rsquo; leadership style at CBS News is continuing to rankle some of the more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ideologically slanted reporters<\/a> at the network.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss was brought in as editor in chief largely to steer CBS News more toward the middle, after it had drifted further and further to the left for years.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-mtg-and-ramaswamy-to-set-doge-targets-and-goals-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Musk, MTG, and Ramaswamy to set DOGE targets and goals ... Washington Examiner\">mission doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t appear to be sitting well with one of Weiss&rsquo; soon-to-be former veteran reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of Justice Department correspondent Scott MacFarlane&rsquo;s pending departure from CBS News first surfaced Monday, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/scott-macfarlane-cbs-news-exit-bari-weiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Status<\/a> (operated by former CNNer Oliver Darcy) breaking the story.<\/p>\n<p>After the announcement was made to CBS News staffers first, MacFarlane sent his own memo to his peers outlining his decision to leave.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Upon confirming that his work &ldquo;will soon no longer appear on CBS News,&rdquo; MacFarlane added that, &ldquo;I will always value the opportunity I had to work alongside the talented and committed professionals here. I&rsquo;m proud to have had the words &lsquo;CBS correspondent&rsquo; next to my name &mdash; always will be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But&nbsp;<em>is&nbsp;<\/em>he actually proud to have &ldquo;CBS correspondent&rdquo; on his work history?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/cbs-news-correspondent-scott-macfarlane-announced-departure-after-becoming-disillusioned-and-appalled-with-network-under-bari-weiss-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>&lsquo;s transcripts of the Status report, the veteran reporter had allegedly grown &ldquo;disillusioned&rdquo; with Weiss&rsquo; leadership style &mdash; and there was apparently a tipping point in January.<\/p>\n<p>Status&rsquo; Darcy reports:&nbsp; &ldquo;Specifically, MacFarlane was appalled and disheartened by the way the &lsquo;CBS Evening News&rsquo; marked the five-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Drilling down, Darcy said that MacFarlane was &ldquo;aghast&rdquo; after CBS News dedicated all of 16 seconds to commemorate the event. He took special issue with the &ldquo;both sides approach&rdquo; that the 16-second segment adopted.<\/p>\n<p>While MacFarlane didn&rsquo;t broach any of Darcy&rsquo;s reporting, he did confirm on social media that his time at CBS News was coming to an end and that he had sent a memo to his colleagues about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: i just d this note with my colleagues:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To my incredible colleagues at CBS: I want to personally let you know that my work will soon no longer appear on CBS News. This is my decision, and I appreciate the bosses at CBS for understanding it.<br \/> I will always value&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacFarlaneNews\/status\/2031002009441050822?\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is my decision, and I appreciate the bosses at CBS for understanding it,&rdquo; MacFarlane said on X.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;For the next phase of my career, I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to  my work in line with my personal goals. I thank you all. The work will not stop, and I&rsquo;ll always be a call away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Weiss&rsquo; ascent came after CBS News&rsquo; parent company, Paramount, merged with Skydance.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5775227-cbs-news-journalist-departure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> pointed out, MacFarlane is just the latest in a line of veteran reporters who have bristled under Weiss and departed.<\/p>\n<p>She is far from being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-continues-overhaul-bari-weiss-key-anchor-goes-rogue-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative voice<\/a>, but since being appointed as head of CBS News, Weiss has instituted sweeping changes to the tone, tenor, and style of the embattled network.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Weiss was hired as editor in chief to move CBS News toward a more centrist stance after years of leftward drift, but that mission has unsettled at least one longtime staffer. Justice Department correspondent Scott MacFarlane is preparing to depart CBS News, a story first reported Monday by Status (the outlet run by former CNN contributor Oliver Darcy). After management informed the staff, MacFarlane sent a memo to his colleagues explaining his decision.<\/p>\n<p>MacFarlane later said that his work will no longer appear on CBS News and that he will always value the experience of working there and being known as a CBS correspondent. Yet sources quoted by Mediaite from Status suggested he grew disillusioned with Weiss\u2019s leadership, with the tipping point reportedly occurring in January. Darcy\u2019s piece said MacFarlane was appalled by how CBS Evening News marked the five-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection-specifically a 16-second segment that used a \u201cboth sides\u201d framing.<\/p>\n<p>MacFarlane confirmed the departure on social media, writing that he wants greater independence and new venues for work aligned with his personal goals, while thanking his colleagues and noting that the work will continue in other contexts. Weiss\u2019s rise followed Paramount\u2019s merger with Skydance, and MacFarlane is the latest veteran to depart under her leadership. While Weiss isn\u2019t characterized as conservative, her overhaul of CBS News has changed the network\u2019s tone, style, and approach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2579290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CBS-entrance.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[74624,75690,75689,5157,4188],"class_list":["post-2579289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cbs-news-2","tag-editorial-decision","tag-jan-6-3","tag-journalism","tag-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CBS-entrance.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579293,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579289\/revisions\/2579293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2579290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}