{"id":68521,"date":"2026-03-09T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/cbs-news-scott-macfarlane-leaves-network-i-look-forward-to-some-independence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:59:43","slug":"cbs-news-scott-macfarlane-leaves-network-i-look-forward-to-some-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/cbs-news-scott-macfarlane-leaves-network-i-look-forward-to-some-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News\u2019 Scott MacFarlane leaves network: \u2018I look forward to some independence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justice correspondent most known for his January 6 Capitol riot coverage, is latest to quit Bari Weiss-led network<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scott MacFarlane, the CBS News justice correspondent most known for his extensive coverage of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, surprised colleagues on Monday morning by announcing his departure from the network, which he joined in late 2021.<\/p>\n<p>MacFarlane is only the latest departure from the Bari Weiss-led network, though he said in a memo to colleagues \u2013 also posted on LinkedIn \u2013 that he personally made the decision to leave.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/mar\/09\/cbs-news-scott-macfarlane-leaves-bari-weiss-network\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice correspondent most known for his January 6 Capitol riot coverage, is latest to quit Bari Weiss-led network Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Scott MacFarlane, the CBS News justice correspondent most known for his extensive coverage of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, surprised colleagues on &#8230; <a title=\"CBS News\u2019 Scott MacFarlane leaves network: \u2018I look forward to some independence\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/cbs-news-scott-macfarlane-leaves-network-i-look-forward-to-some-independence\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CBS News\u2019 Scott MacFarlane leaves network: \u2018I look forward to some independence\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}