The internal turmoil follows a dispute over a 60 Minutes investigation into the Hilltop Youth, a movement of young Israeli settlers in the West Bank. The segment, reported by Lesley Stahl, filmed settlers blocking Palestinian families from their homes and fracturing the nose of local resident Hassan Faraj. Stahl privately considered resigning after a contentious screening of the piece, while the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee alleged that CBS watered down the final broadcast by omitting the deaths of several U.S. citizens.
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CBS London Newsroom Rejects Foreign Editor After Gaza Death Toll Quote
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Network sources at CBS News report that morale has hit an all-time low in the London newsroom after foreign editor Shayndi Raice threatened to fire insubordinate journalists. Raice dismissed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza as a "magic number" during a lapped all-hands meeting and explained the removal of Benjamin Netanyahu from an Oct. 7 script, according to internal audio and staff accounts. Staffers of the Bari Weiss-led news organization stated that Raice has lost the support of the London bureau after clashing with correspondent Holly Williams.
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