Ex-Producer Complains of Bias at CBS News; Network Calls Allegation 'Patently False'

Over at the Eye, they may have more than Katie Couric‘s pending arrival to deal with. Late last month, a CBS News producer whose contract had been terminated says her firing was the result of discrimination, according to a complaint she says she filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In her complaint, Raylena Fields, a 13-year-veteran of the network, asserts that CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer has “a reputation for bigotry.”