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15 November 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

CBS has fired the "overly aggressive" news producer who broke into last Wednesday's CSI: N.Y.for a report on the death of Yasser Arafat, published reports said on Friday. The staffer was not identified, although she is believed to have been a senior producer for the network's overnight Up to the Minute, anchored by Melissa McDermott, who read the Arafat bulletin. CBS declined to confirm reports of the firing, citing a policy not to discuss personnel issues. On Thursday, the network issued an apology to viewers who missed the end of the drama and reran it in place of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on Thursday, where it drew the night's -- and perhaps the week's -- top ratings. Broadcasting & Cable magazine quoted an unnamed executive at a rival network as saying, "I think people here were scratching their heads over the decision to break in, and then scratching it even harder over the apology for breaking in."

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