The real reason CBS executive was given the boot after scandal-plagued seven months

Insiders tell Daily Mail the real reason for a top CBS News Executive's abruptly announced exit of the company after less than seven months was that she was out of favor with her CEO.

A source that was familiar with the case made revelation on Thursday, after the president of the editorial and news meeting, Adrienne Roark, had made waves by announcing her 'dismissal'.

The insider said that in the weeks before, Roark had actually shopped for a new job – a development of the development of CBS News and Stations CEO Wendy McMahon became aware of and felt betrayed by.

'Adrienne was essentially the right hand of Wendy, long before Ingrid [Ciprián-Matthews] was expressed, “said the source, referring to the former president of the network – and the predecessor of Roark – who resigned after less than a year.

“This was Adrienne's dream job,” the insider went on, referring to how Roark rose through the ranks after she started her career at a CBS branch in Ohio decades ago.

“Wendy found out that Adrienne was looking for a new job and got angry,” they said, because Roark is now ready to take on a senior role in less prestigious Tegna – a TV group consisting of 68 local level Stations, of which fifteen are CBS branches.

“They brought back former President Susan [Zirinsky] Just to get rid of her, “a former CBS executing producer unveiled, after the network had hired the vet – after her stepDown in 2021 – Like a 'temporary' editor last month.

“Neither Wendy of Adrienne have the editorial experience to lead national news organizations,” said the first source, because CBS News continues for a year of leadership crisis.

The real reason for the abrupt exit of Adrienne Roark from CBS News after just seven months was that she was out of favor with her CEO Wendy McMahon (right). The two are seen together at an event in DC in November

“This was Adrienne's dream job,” the insider went on, referring to how Roark rose through the ranks after she started her career at a CBS branch in Ohio decades ago

'Roark is mainly locally. She was not ready for this job, the intensity of the news cycle – especially at the moment, “they added, because Roark will leave the end of this month of CBS, prior to an expected merger between CBS paramount Global and Skydance Media worth around $ 8 billion.

In particular, Roark was one of the various execs, including McMahon to reprimand one of her anchors for a fiery interview with Pro-Palestinian writer Ta-Nehsi Coates who was broadcast on CBS logs in October.

The interview led to rare comments from the billionaire daughter of the late Sumner Redstone and the controlling shareholder of Paramount, who is ready to make a good cent if the Skydance fusion continues.

At the end of last month, several insiders who are familiar with the case revealed that the heiress wanted to conduct a Donald Trump-filled lawsuit around a so-called biased 60 minutes of interview in order not to jeopardize the deal, for which the government's approval is required.

Redstone, in turn, punished Roark for her displacement of the anchor in question, Tony Dokoupil from CBS mornings. C-suite staff members would have beaten his 'bias' when they spoke with coates and how he tore the opinion of his guest.

The rest of the sitdown wore a similar tone and within a few hours the following Monday produced a conference interviews in wartime.

Also on the call Jan Crawford, the most important legal correspondent of CBS News, and one of the few who hesitated why the Dokoupil interrogation line had not met the editorial standards of Roark.

“I appreciate that you bring this forward,” said Roark in response, when only a few weeks left in the position by her predecessor, Ciprián-Matthews. “I know this is a lot for everyone to process.”

'Adrienne was essentially the right hand of Wendy, long before Ingrid [Ciprián-Matthews] was expressed, “said the source, referring to the former president of the network – and the predecessor of Roark – who resigned after less than a year

‘Wendy (seen here at an event in Septemer) found out that [Roark} was searching for a new job and got pissed,’ an insider said, as her old deputy is now set to take on a senior role at less prestigious Tegna – a TV group comprised of 68 local-level stations

“They brought back former President Susan [Zirensky] To get rid of her, a former CBS execution producer unveiled further, after the Zirinsky network (to be seen here)- after her step in 2021- accepted as a 'temporary' editor. Zirinsky, an experienced producer who was sustained by the ranks after he joined the CBS News Washington Bureau in 1972.

Ciprián -Matthews, meanwhile, in the meantime abruptly stepped down in August – a movement that himself pulled eyebrows because it came in the middle of an election.

Moreover, the move was a month after Skydance said that it had identified at least $ 2 billion in waste to be cut for a potential merger, as a result of which the 30 -year -old veterinarian who had started the heel block in 1993 started on the network,

She was investigated in 2021 for favoritism and discriminatory recruitment and management practices, three years after she became CBS's Executive Vice President of Strategic Professional Development.

In the same year, McMahon left her powerful post ABC to become co-president of CBS News and Stations, who had just reorganized to contain aspects of both local and national news departments of both CBS.

The two have since been more coordinated – a task that Roark himself was responsible, even before he was promoted to president of editorial and news boundaries in August.

During the call on October 7 – only a few hours after the interview with Coates – Roark told the ones on the line: 'After an assessment of our reporting, including the interview, it is clear that there are times when we have not achieved our editorial standards . ''

“This has been tackled, and it will remain in the future,” she added – forcing Dokoupil to meet for an hour with members of the CBS News – standards and practices – team, as well as an internal racing and cultural unit, the Times reported

In particular, Roark was one of the various execs, including McMahon to reprimand one of her anchors, Tony Dokoupil for a fiery interview with Pro-Palestinian writer Ta-Nehsi Coates who was broadcast on CBS mornings in October in October

The interview led to rare comments from the billionaire daughter of the deceased Sumner Redstone (left) and the controlling shareholder of Paramount, Shari Redstone (right), who will make a good cent if a $ 8 billion merger continues with media company Skydance

Redstone was one of them to reprimand Roark for her dressing from Dokoupil after his interview with Coates and then offered a statement. In search of a potential pushback from the government, the heir was part of the settlements that started last month

Dokoupil, who came to CBS News in 2016 before he hooked a place three years later, held up, led Redstone, a day later to weigh.

“I think we made a mistake,” said Redstone during an event in New York City that was part of the advertising culture at that time. “I think we made a bad mistake this week.”

Trump would win the elections within a few weeks, after which he submitted the case that called both Paramount and Asset CBS as the defendants

The archiving surrounds an interview of 60 minutes with the then vice-president Kamala Harris who was also broadcast in October, and which included an adaptation, claimed that Trump was favorable for Harris since the regular campaign.

In the fragment, the candidate was asked a question about the conflict of Israeli and Hamas and gave a long answer – other than the one who was broadcast on Margaret Brennan's face.

The Trump team then accused the program of selecting a more coherent quote from Harris to help her candidacy, whereby the road was acquitted for reports of publications such as the times and status indicating that Redstone wants to disappear the lawsuit.

The heirs looking for a potential government sprint was the heiress part of settlements that already started at the end of last month, three people told 'Knowledge of the conversations' The Times.

In the meantime, Roark's Exit is only the last victim for CBS, which just a few weeks ago launched a renewed version of CBS Evening News with two anchors a more magazine-style format, more related to that of Ratings Crown jewel 60 minutes, so far fail To increase reviews

In the meantime, Roarks Exit is only the last victim for CBS, which just a few weeks ago launched a renewed version of CBS Evening News with two anchors a more magazine style format, more related to that of Ratings Crown Jewel 60 minutes.

So far it is not to tackle decreasing assessments.

CBS CEO McMahon – who refused to call a new director to lead the National Newsgathering Division in the aftermath of Roark's Exit announcement on Thursday – is behind that push and was one of those who covered Dokoupil for his interview.

She took the position after she had held the role of Roark for years, next to Neeraj Khemlani, after replacing Zirinsky, an experienced producer who sustained the ranks after the CBS News Washington Bureau in 1972.

This was also the case with Roark, who started her career in her native Ohio at WBNS TV, the CBS branch in Columbus, more than 20 years ago.

Despite bragging experience with local station management, she had little experience in conducting national TV news programs such as Zirinsky, Khemlani and McMahon had done earlier.

In Tegna – where it is set to obtain a higher function – a total of 22 of the stations of the company are affiliated with NBC, 12 are affiliated with ABC and six are linked to Fox.