Jeff Vaughn, 58, a veteran reporter with greater than 30 years of expertise, spent the final eight years as a information anchor at a CBS-owned Los Angeles affiliate.
Vaughn, an Emmy Award winner, was changed by a youthful minority information anchor in 2022 and has now filed a $5 million lawsuit in opposition to the community and Paramount Globe.
The lawsuit alleges that the community’s blind pursuit of range by woke-DEI insurance policies led to his alternative since he’s an older, white, heterosexual male.
CBS determined that there have been too many white males at CBS, and it acted accordingly. It wanted to resolve its ‘white drawback’ by firing profitable white males,” the criticism alleged.
Vaughn’s lawsuit follows a similar suit in March by a fired white, heterosexual male freelance writer on CBS’ “SEAL Team” series who accused the community of “blatant” discrimination.
Earlier this 12 months, a Post investigation revealed that CBS News president Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews had been accused by staffers of selling minorities whereas unfairly sidelining white journalists, sparking a serious inside human relations probe in 2021.
Attorneys representing Vaughn declare he was “by no means given a motive for his firing,” though he suspects it had one thing to do with the community’s obvious need to exchange him with a youthful, minority information anchor.
In keeping with his attorneys, Vaughn was knowledgeable final August that he was being terminated and was given the chance to say goodbye to viewers. However provided that he mentioned his departure was of his personal making.
He declined to lie on air for the community.
Vaughn is represented by attorneys from America First Legal (AFL.)
AFL shared that CBS has been vocal about its specific range quotas, together with:
- Former CBS Govt Whitney Davis claimed CBS has a “white drawback.”
- In 2020, CBS adopted an initiative requiring by “the 2022-2023 broadcast season: half of all writers will likely be nonwhite.”
- For the 2022-23 manufacturing season, CBS mandated that writers’ rooms be staffed with not less than 50 % black, indigenous, and folks of colour (BIPOC).
Gene Hamilton, America First Authorized Govt Director, shared, “All racism is incorrect. All racial discrimination is incorrect. Making employment selections utilizing race as an element within the course of is racial discrimination and is incorrect. We’re proud to face up for our consumer to vindicate his rights below long-settled regulation in opposition to what seems to be intentional and blatant discrimination by his employer due to his immutable traits. Too many employers in the US have deserted their dedication to the regulation, and we stay up for holding them accountable for any unlawful actions.”
Learn the lawsuit here.