A longtime anchor at Boston’s CBS affiliate has filed a lawsuit alleging she was pushed aside to satisfy corporate diversity quotas, escalating legal scrutiny of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at major media companies, Breitbart reported.

Katherine Merrill Dunham, a veteran anchor at WBZ-TV, claims in her lawsuit that CBS and its parent company, Paramount Global, “exploited” diversity, equity and inclusion policies at her expense. She alleges she was demoted in what she describes as “career-ending action” designed to meet corporate diversity benchmarks.

The complaint cites remarks from CBS executives who reportedly described WBZ-TV as “too White,” calling it “the least diverse station for on-air talent” and “the Whitest of all their stations.” In September 2023, the station hired Black meteorologist Jason Mikell while releasing Zack Green, who is white.

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