Variety reports that those targeted for layoffs appear not only to be people of color like Sherman, but also women in top positions.

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... In an Oct. 6 email to CBS staff, Weiss promised to champion journalism that "embraces a wide spectrum of views and voices."

It's hard to do that with an increasingly white and male newsroom ...

Gordon Findlay wasn't in the room. The person was a Gordon but not *that* Gordon; he was a patient who had been taking GLP-1 drugs to manage his weight. He reportedly recovered quickly following the incident and is doing fine.

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"In the end, the bizarre idea that a choice must be made between Trump and the economy reflects something deeper," Sargent writes: "a broad reluctance [by many in media] to accept that Trump is really, really unpopular."

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... hit me up if you find it. It was a fleeting but unusual moment of self reflection by media figures who are often allergic to assessing their part in the bigger story. //ends

... "Look, we're going home to our lives of comfort tonight; Mamdani isn't speaking to us but to New Yorkers who may not know how they're going to pay next month's rent."

The others didn't know how to respond & the moment got lost in the rush of breaking news. I'm still looking for the clip...

It reminds me of an odd moment in CNN's election-night coverage when ... I think it was John King turned to colleagues Dana Bash, Kasie Hunt & Anderson Cooper and said, essentially, ...

"Within a thirty-block radius in Manhattan, the city’s best-paid pundits wonder what has gone wrong," writes Nolan. "Throughout the other 95 percent of New York City ... voters seem to grasp the situation with more clarity than the writers who are supposed to be analyzing it for them."

It's already in the works, alas.