| “One of many veteran CBS News employees who fell victim to the most recent round of budget slashing at the former Tiffany network received a registered letter this week from Viacom attorneys requiring his signature. He signed it….but added the addendum, “SCREW CBS.” “Wait a second,” stuttered the surly postal employee behind the counter. “You can’t write SCREW CBS. This is an official document.” “I can write SCREW CBS, because they just laid me off after 27 years and replaced me with someone 25 years younger,” explained the longtime news employee, his voice and blood pressure climbing. |
The employee refused to allow it, but then an older man standing in line broke the deadlock: “Hell, he has a right to write SCREW CBS if they fired him after 27 years and gave his job to a kid,” he said. Others in line agreed. NewsBlues has the rest…
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