NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News on Wednesday fired “60 Minutes” top executive Jeff Fager, who has been under investigation following reports that he groped women at parties and tolerated an abusive workplace.
While millions of commuters arrived at work stricken with a “case of the Mondays,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the network executives who broadcast his league were undoubtedly celebrating something that has not been the case for them on many Mondays in recent history, a positive ratings day.
NEW YORK (AP) — The #MeToo movement fighting sexual misconduct had already claimed one of Hollywood’s top movie moguls in Harvey Weinstein. Now it has done the same for Leslie Moonves, one of the television industry’s most powerful executives.
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime CBS news chief Les Moonves resigned Sunday, just hours after six more women joined others who had previously accused the long-time television executive with sexual misconduct.
More women have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against the embattled CEO of CBS Corp., Les Moonves, as the company’s board continues to negotiate the terms of his departure.
Former CBS host Charlie Rose’s attorneys are now arguing that his behavior–which led to his being accused of sexual harassment–was simply part of “routine workplace interactions and banter.”
According to reports, CBS is offering CEO Les Moonves around $100 million to leave the company following several allegations of sexual harassment against him.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry accused President Donald Trump Tuesday of exposing the world to a potential weapon of mass destruction by pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal — a deal Kerry claimed “everybody in the world supports.”
CBS News wants nothing to do with a lawsuit against alleged sexual harasser Charlie Rose.
“I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President,” Trump wrote. “I should only be so lucky.”
During an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Secretary of State John Kerry lamented former President Obama’s decision to not punish Syria with military strikes after drawing a red line on chemical weapons. “We paid a price for the
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Secretary of State John Kerry would not rule out a run for the White House in 2020, Anchor Margaret Brennan asked, “Are you going to run in 2020?” Kerry said, “I’m really not
Responding to the question if the Russell Senate Office Building should be renamed after the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested Thursday renaming Washington D.C. to “John McCain, D.C.” “Yeah, I don’t know,” Graham said in an
In an extensive Rolling Stone interview published Wednesday, CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert talks at length about the guilt he feels about being a privileged white male in America, the #MeToo movement, and the “fantasy world” he says President Donald Trump lives in.
In an interview with CBS’s John Dickerson that aired Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” former President Jimmy Carter shot down the idea that Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) death represents the end of an era of bipartisanship in the Senate. “I
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest Showtime series Who is America will end without airing his interview with Sarah Palin after the comedian posed as a disabled veteran to gain access to the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate.
The latest anti-Trump Promo for the revival of ‘Murphy Brown’ serves as a warning to fans that the show will be a constant attack on Trump.
Last week, ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro made it known that his network would not be airing the playing of the national anthem during Monday Night Football. Less than a week later, we find out that ESPN will have company with their anthem blackout.
Wednesday while discussing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on CBS’s “This Morning,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took a shot at the Republican Party, calling it “bankrupt intellectually” for what he claimed to be demonizing Pelosi. “I think Nancy has done
CBS ‘This Morning’ talked gun laws with a panel of six “Millennial Women,” one of whom owned a gun, voted for Hillary Clinton, and supports more gun control.
No one should be surprised that Tiger Woods’ impressive 2nd-place finish at the PGA Championship resulted in a ratings surge for CBS. However, you might be surprised to find out just how impressive the ratings surge actually was.
Actress Eva Longoria is not ready to say that CBS Chairman Les Moonves should be fired just yet. However, if he’s proven guilty, she “100%” thinks he should be fired.
“Murphy Brown” will weigh in on the MeToo movement when the series starring Candice Bergen returns to a very different world in September, the show’s creator said Sunday.
In a call with analysts, Les Moonves expressed confidence about the company’s future but did not address the pending investigation and no analysts brought it up during a question-and-answer session.
Bucknell University has removed all references to alumnus and CBS CEO Les Moonves from its website amidst sexual misconduct allegations that were published by the New Yorker this week.
Los Angeles prosecutors have decided not to move forward with charging CBS CEO Les Moonves with sex abuse crimes.
CBS Corp.’s stock fell in early trading on Monday as the network’s board of directors met to discuss the future of embattled CEO Les Moonves.
CBS Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves has been accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with at least six women dating back two decades, according to a bombshell report by Ronan Farrow on Friday.
The CBS Corporation announced Friday that it would investigate allegations of misconduct, reportedly to be published by The New Yorker magazine, against chairman and chief executive Leslie Moonves.
Thursday in an appearance on CBS’s “The Late Show,” CNN’s Jake Tapper accused members of Congress that were trying to halt the Department of Justice’s probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller into possible interference by Russia in the 2016
Late Show host Stephen Colbert ripped President Donald Trump’s threat to take away certain individuals security clearances on Tuesday, describing him as a “racist, horny old burger-goblin who steals children from poor people.”
The CBS political drama Madam Secretary is set to debut its fifth season with a cameo scene featuring former real-life secretaries of state Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, and Madeleine Albright.
The media are not interested in Russia. They are only interested in taking down Trump. Hence the free pass for Obama and friends.
Late-night host Stephen Colbert cooked up a blackmail conspiracy theory, days after President Donald Trump’s joint presser with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A new CBS poll shows that 68 percent of Republicans approved of how Trump handled the meeting, while only 21 percent did not. Eleven percent said they did not know or preferred not to answer.
President Donald Trump said he looked forward to running against former Vice President Joe Biden in 2020, calling him a “dream” opponent.
“Thank you Rand Paul, you really get it!” Trump wrote on Twitter, noting Paul’s response to the establishment hysteria over Trump’s reluctance to fully back the American intelligence community.
Late-night hosts freaked out over President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, describing the meeting as “treasonous” and an attempt to sell out American democracy.
Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen are pushing back against allegations the comedian duped guests on his new show by posing as a disabled veteran.
Sacha Baron Cohen is the target of a new billboard criticizing the comedian after reportedly duping Gov. Sarah Palin into a prank interview while disguised as a disabled military veteran.
