The veteran news executive was among five women interviewed by The Times who sought investigators’ help to end alleged mistreatment at CBS’ TV stations. Marty Wilke, former general manager of CBS’ Chicago TV station, was among the senior executives who shared information with investigators. He hired George Cheeks, a former NBCUniversal executive who is biracial, to run the CBS Entertainment Group, which includes the TV stations. They described the CBS station as “hostile” and “dysfunctional.” Some expressed frustration with what one called a “cookie-cutter approach” to local news. “I was truthful in the investigation, and I will continue to tell the truth.”Read the first part of the Times investigation into the CBS TV stations group here.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2021 12:56 UTC