TV & VIDEO - March 11, 1987

Laid-off employees at CBS and CBS News, hard hit by three cost-cutting waves since 1985, may not feel as “lucky” as CBS chief executive Laurence A. Tisch contends they are. Tisch continues to insist that things aren’t as bad as they seem for the ex-staffers. Tisch told Broadcasting last October, “New York is a very healthy city, and the type of people that are being laid off here can get other jobs,” referring to dismissed CBS administrative and executive employees. On Monday--four days after more than 200 CBS News staffers were let go--Tisch told the New York Times: “A lot of these people are lucky to be laid off right now because there are other jobs available in broadcasting.”