With the coronavirus pandemic pressuring all media companies to tighten belts over lost advertising revenue, CBS News has applied another layer of job cuts. There have been multiple cuts at CBS for months, much of it tied to the network's merger with Viacom. The pandemic adds another layer of withered finances. The best guess is that about 10% of the news department was snipped. Other departments including sports, entertainment, and production are also affected. Between 300 and 400 jobs are being slashed. CBS News president Susan Zirinsky released hazy details during an electronic meeting with employees. Although CBS claims to be America's #1 rated network, it's a reference to prime time programs. The flagship CBS Evening News and breakfast show CBS This Morning
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Funding American during COVID-19, both Mitch McConnell and John Yarmuth weigh in
📻 @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell on #CARESAct money in KY, advice for re-emerging from isolation, praise for @GovAndyBeshear, effigy hanging "hate speech," vaccine timetable, his own childhood polio challenge, field 🏥, @MLB plans, more 📲 audio https://t.co/w6kSRyewFy @840WHAS pic.twitter.com/OG4WxE7VWy — Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) May 26, 2020 📻 @RepJohnYarmuth on the knee choke death of George Floyd by @MinneapolisPD, further #COVID19 stimulus, workers making more money in unemployment than at their suspended jobs, voting by proxy, KY vs NY in per capita federal aid, more 📲 audio https://t.co/5ZEYKpP3tW @840WHAS pic.twitter.com/eS6wyyGMdr — Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) May 26, 2020 Also, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear firmly responded to a group of protesters who hanged the governor in effigy outside the Beshear residence. "There, just a windowpane away from where my