Departing CBS News president Susan Zirinsky: "I feel I have given my entire soul into rebuilding this organization"

The New York Times

Zirinsky, who spent nearly half a century at CBS News when she elevated as its first female president two years ago, says she's leaving the CBS division in much better shape than when she found it. “The morale was at an all-time low, the shows were messy,” Zirinsky told The New York Times on Saturday, one day after Page Six reported that she held up an “I hate my job” sign at a meeting. “What I feel like I’ve achieved in these two years is something that for me, philosophically, journalistically, feels like I righted the ship.” And although CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News are still in third place, Zirinsky says has put the two shows on the right path by re-signing Gayle King and tapping Norah O'Donnell to anchor the evening newscast. As for reported disgust for her job, Zirinsky said: “I am transparent. The passion that I feel sometimes gets misinterpreted. I wouldn’t have traded this for anything. If I was asked today to step into this role, I would do it all over again.”