Cbs News Justice Correspondent Scott Macfarlane Exits Network

Scott MacFarlane, a high-profile prosecute for CBS News 5 years ago, announced Monday he is leaving nan network.

MacFarlane told colleagues successful an email that nan departure is his decision.

“I will ever worth nan opportunity I had to activity alongside nan talented and committed professionals here,” MacFarlane said. “I’m proud to person had nan words ‘CBS correspondent’ adjacent to my sanction and ever will be.”

MacFarlane added that he looks guardant to “some independency and uncovering caller spaces to stock my activity successful statement pinch my individual goals.”

MacFarlane is nan first important sanction to depart CBS News since genitor institution Paramount won its bid to get Warner Bros. Discovery connected Feb. 27. CBS News is apt to beryllium mixed pinch Warner Bros. Discovery‘s CNN if nan woody gets regulatory approval.

Journalists astatine CBS News person besides been concerned complete nan moves by Bari Weiss, nan contrarian sentiment writer and laminitis of nan integer news tract nan Free Press who was brought successful arsenic editor successful main of nan division. Weiss was recruited by Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison pinch a instruction to move CBS News to nan governmental center.

Weiss is expected to make important changes to “60 Minutes” and different CBS News programs successful nan coming months.

Executives astatine different TV news organizations opportunity privately that they are seeing a dense influx of resumes from CBS News journalists owed to nan upheaval astatine nan company.

MacFarlane covered Congress and nan Justice Department. CBS viewers saw him featured during extended web sum of nan State of nan Union addresses and predetermination nights.

MacFarlane was successful Butler, Pa., during nan assassination effort of President Trump successful July 2024. He reported nan first accounts of nan shooting segment and emergency responses moments aft nan shots were fired.

Before arriving astatine CBS News, MacFarlane served for 8 years arsenic an investigative newsman for WRC-TV, nan NBC position successful Washington, D.C.