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CBS Claims First Amendment Allows It To Select Writers “Best Suited” For Its Programs In Discrimination Lawsuit Response


A response has been filed in a discrimination lawsuit initially filed by writer Brian Beneker.

CBS and Paramount Global have filed a response to a discrimination lawsuit by a writer who claimed he wasn’t hired because he was a straight, white man. Brian Beneker filed his suit in March, complaining that he was not hired as a staff writer for the series SEAL Team solely for reason of his race, sex, and/or sexual orientation. Beneker said in the complaint that he suffered by not being part of “the favored hiring groups; that is, they were nonwhite, LGBTQ, or female,” and the “illegal policy” of increasing diversity, equity and inclusion measures.

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