CBS Withholds Moonves Severance, Shares Attractive

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The report found that “harassment and retaliation are not pervasive at CBS” but that the firm’s policies and practices did not reflect “a high institutional priority on preventing harassment and retaliation.” While we agree with the second part of that statement, we find the first part hard to reconcile with the large number of credible accusations against CBS executives, producers, and stars beyond Moonves. According to The New York Times, the firm is still paying a woman for her silence about sexual harassment by 60 Minutes founder, Don Hewitt, who passed away in 2009. Jeff Farber, Hewitt’s successor at 60 Minutes, was fired in September for threatening a reporter looking into sexual harassment allegations against him. Charlie Rose, a correspondent on 60 Minutes and co-host of CBS This Morning, was fired in November 2017 after reports about a number of women accusing him of sexual harassment and assault. The investigation revealed that CBS paid actress Eliza Dushku $9.5 million to settle her claims about retaliation after she accused “Bull” star, Michael Weatherly, of sexual harassment on the set of the show.

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