CBS News Bars Employees From Contributing To Political Campaigns

A revised version of the CBS News Standards book has a rule “forbidding contributions to political campaigns. Such contributions had not been prohibited before,” Public Eye notes.

Senior VP Linda Mason explains: “We want our reporters to be absolutely pure when they interview candidates of either side or issues that relate to either side. Today, with the instant reporting of political contributions, it has become obvious who gives and to whom, and this we felt would compromise the people who were doing reporting involved with political issues.”