That seems potentially illegal too. If this woman is brave enough to be a whistleblower she’s probably brave enough to not just let this go. I see a muti million dollar “hush up” settlement in her future.
It’s interesting that they try NOT to call her a whistleblower. Because the whistleblower laws are largely focused on making sure that Retaliation is not allowed.
Whereas the Ciarmella (sp?) guy is ALWAYS called a whistleblower — not because they worry about retaliation, but because they want anonymity (which isn’t at all guaranteed by the whistleblower statute).
CBS knows this too, yet they fired her anyway, probably in the hope that it would ruin her career by getting her blackballed in the industry. Their high-risk response tells us a lot about how deeply they resented her going off the reservation to expose their corruption.