Veteran CBS News producer Mary Walsh exited the network in dramatic fashion on Friday, suggesting the organization has been told to aim reporting at a particular political party. 

Walsh’s exit comes as an onslaught of changes has occurred at the direction of CBS News under polarizing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. Many liberals feel Weiss is attempting to rid the network of its lefty slant, and CBS News has faced a headcount reduction since she took control. 

"We’ve been reading a lot of goodbyes lately and here I am headed out the door. It’s too soon, even after 46 years," Walsh wrote in a memo to CBS News staffers, according to The Guardian. 

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"But maybe it’s for the best. We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum," she continued. "Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

Walsh, who has worked at CBS News since 1979, began her career during legendary anchor Walter Cronkite’s iconic run at the network. 

Walsh is considered "an institution" and an "icon" at the network, according to a CBS insider. This insider noted that, whether or not staffers were truly told to focus on a particular political party, the fact that people of Walsh’s character feel that way proves there is a significant issue at hand.

"It’s on management to disabuse them of that notion," the insider told Fox News Digital. 

CBS News did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Walsh declined comment when reached by Fox News Digital. 

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Earlier this month, "CBS Evening News" producer Alicia Hastey quit in similar fashion.

"[T]here has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as ‘heterodox’ journalism," Hastey wrote in a memo posted on X by New York Times reporter Ben Mullin. 

"The truth is that commitment to those people and the stories they have to sell is increasingly becoming impossible," Hastey continued. "Stories may instead be evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations — a dynamic that pressures producers and reporters to self-censor or avoid challenging narratives that might trigger backlash or unfavorable headlines." 

Weiss, who was handpicked by CEO David Ellison, was formally named editor-in-chief of CBS News in October after her outlet, The Free Press, was acquired by Paramount. The move drew both internal and external criticism, with some citing her opinion background and lack of television experience. 

Weiss recently told staffers they are "not producing a product that enough people want" by focusing on linear television during an all-hands town hall event in which she laid out her vision for the network. 

Weiss also frustrated "60 Minutes" staffers by delaying a report on the notorious El Salvador prison CECOT and has been accused by liberals of carrying water for President Donald Trump's administration. However, others have embraced her attempt to rid CBS News of its liberal slant.

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CBS has faced criticism from the Trump administration over some of its reporting, including a recent report about the number of illegal immigrants with violent criminal records.

CNN could soon face similar challenges, as Netflix dropped its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday after the company announced Paramount's latest bid to buy all of its assets, including CNN, was "superior." The sale to Paramount would put Ellison in charge of CNN, in addition to CBS News. 

A 34-year-old man was arrested late Thursday night outside the Arizona home where Nancy Guthrie went missing earlier this month, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told Fox News Digital.

Shortly before 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, deputies arrested 34-year-old Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos in front of Guthrie’s home on misdemeanor DUI charges, the department said. 

The arrest is not related to the Guthrie investigation, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department added.

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Footage from the scene shows Pima County sheriff’s deputies shining a flashlight into the driver’s side of what appeared to be a blue Chevrolet Equinox compact SUV parked near the home where Guthrie was last seen on Feb. 1.

Moments later, deputies are seen speaking with Pena-Campos near a white canopy tent set up along the roadside as a deputy shines a flashlight toward the man’s face.

In another scene, Pena-Campos is seen walking in a straight line in what appears to be part of a field sobriety test. In subsequent footage, he is placed in the back of a sheriff’s pickup truck.

The detention unfolded as investigators continue searching for Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, who was reported missing Feb. 1 after authorities said she was taken during a home invasion. Investigators have said her pacemaker last synced with her iPhone around 2:30 a.m. that morning.

Her family has since offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her safe return as authorities continue to pursue leads.

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The development comes as a Catalina Foothills resident’s street-facing Ring camera captured 12 vehicles passing by between midnight and 6 a.m. on Feb. 1 — the morning Guthrie is believed to have been abducted.

Some of the activity occurred around the 2:30 a.m. mark, roughly when authorities said the 84-year-old’s pacemaker last synced with her iPhone.

Homeowners Elias and Danielle Stratigouleas told Fox News Digital that police had not canvassed their neighborhood in the 25 days since Guthrie was allegedly taken from her bed in what authorities have described as a home invasion kidnapping.

The couple said they alerted both the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to the footage. It was not immediately clear whether the video would prove useful to investigators or whether any of the vehicles had traveled on Guthrie’s street.

The Stratigouleas home sits on a back road that leads out of Guthrie’s neighborhood and avoids major intersections. The property is approximately 2.5 miles — or about a seven-minute drive — from the crime scene, according to Google Maps.

One of the videos was recorded at approximately 2:36 a.m., roughly eight minutes after Guthrie’s pacemaker last synced with her iPhone, based on the sheriff’s timeline.

Fox News' Michael Ruiz and Olivia Palombo contributed to this report.