McGinnis out at CBS

Marcy McGinnis seemed to be full of smiles and optimism last week when, along with some other university professors, we met with her in New York. But, the new president of the news division is pushing her out so he can pick his own deputy. Her last day as vice president of hard news at CBS is Friday.

Marcy has worked at CBS for more than 30 years, working her way up from secretary. I first learned who she was when she was running CBS NewsNet, the syndication service for the affiliates (now named Newspath).

Just one week ago, Marcy hosted a discussion of the recent hurricane coverage. She had to leave us when news broke of bombings in Jordan and we continued our discussion with correspondents Byron Pitts and Trish Regan.

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