Merrill voluntarily dropped her claims against one of the former colleagues, both of whom are Black, in October. Merrill, who left her role in 2024 after nearly two decades at the station, claims she that she was discriminated against on the basis of her gender and race and that she was defamed after she was accused of racist remarks and demoted.
It's been one blunder after another during the early days of the Tony Dokoupil era at CBS Evening News. From night one, the flagship broadcast of the Eye's news division has been marred by technical mess-ups, bizarre attempts to suck up to the Trump administration, low-key humiliation by President Trump, and an anchor who seems to think he has earned the right to pontificate at the end of the show like he's a latter-day Cronkite.