CBS keeps finding new ways to have a bad week

Anderson Cooper’s exit from ‘60 Minutes’ and Stephen Colbert’s clash with the network add to months of ugly news for CBS

It has been another awkward and miserable week at CBS.

The network has been in the news a lot. And not in a positive way.

First, CBS News lost one of the most respected journalists in the business when Anderson Cooper announced he was stepping away from the venerable “60 Minutes” after nearly two decades.

It’s true that Cooper has a ton of other jobs to keep him busy, most notably hosting a weeknight show on CNN. And, in his statement about leaving the news magazine show, Cooper said he wanted to spend more time with his family. (Don’t people always say that?) But Status’ Oliver Darcy also reported that “Cooper had grown increasingly uneasy with the rightward direction the network has charted under” CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and David Ellison’s ownership of CBS’ parent company, Paramount.