Betsy West finally quits CBS News
The top CBS News executive asked to resign for her role in the network’s discredited report on President Bush’s military service has quit, CBS said Monday.
Betsy West, formerly senior vice president of prime time for CBS News, resigned nearly two months after being asked to. Neither West’s spokesman, Tom Goodman, nor CBS News would discuss whether the two parties had reached a settlement or why it took so long for her to quit.
CBS fired the report’s producer, Mary Mapes. Besides West, the network had asked for the resignations of “60 Minutes Wednesday” executive producer Josh Howard and his top deputy, Mary Murphy. Murphy resigned Friday; Howard remains a CBS News employee.
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