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The company & station are also facing legal problems , a few lawsuits.
The biggest is a federal discrimination case.
If CBS loses that - it’s game over.
The trifecta of Pytlowany, Palmer and Triplett really caused a lot of damage.
Again, why didn’t corporate step in sooner???

Assuming OP is referring to the same case it was mentioned in the "CBS Detroit Job Cuts" thread at the time. I just took a look at the case in PACER to see the current status. His lawyer filed an amended complaint on August 26th:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LBNBdy ... sp=sharing

Defense filed a response on September 9th:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PBcTsu ... sp=sharing

Status conference scheduled for October 2nd.

CBS was going to have a tough time no matter what they did. They tried to come out as they were going to be something different and it didn't work.
I don't believe you can really blame four seasoned managers.
Matt Triplett has been a successful Managing Editor at 2 and 4. I think it was a smart hire to get off the ground there. But with Matt's experience - he is a no nonsense kind of guy - the way newsrooms used to be.
Paul Pytlowany- is also very experienced. I think he could bring alot to a newsroom-- just probably not at the ND level for a station that was working from the ground up.
Lisa Palmer- a lot of people don't like her management style. She says it how it is. But, she knows news and knows what needs to be covered. I think she may have struggled with trying CBS's new approach of covering news when she is down deep cover breaking news and big news stories kind of person.
Steve L- the EP- has alot of great big market experience. He was at Fox 2 so he is from here and knows the market. He was successful as an EP in Houston- so he knows his stuff as well.
These are all four very experienced Detroit news managers... so something is not adding up.
My personal belief is that the majority of the newsroom was young and inexperienced- probably not something any of these managers are used to at that level. This generation is not accepting the old style of newsrooms of holding people accountable, expecting them to get sources and story ideas and calling them out when they don't.