Why Mourn for CBS Radio News? #380 By Hank Silverberg Was it really a financial decision or was it a political one? That is what many people are asking about the impending death of CBS Radio News. (This image was posted on Facebook by Former CBS employee, Larry Magid) CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski, w ho are now in charge of the legendary news division at CBS, announced a 6% cutback this past week that included closing the 100-year-old radio network news division in May. It hit me emotionally because of my past association with CBS Radio. I never worked for CBS News proper, but over the 16 years I worked at CBS affiliate WTOP in Washington, I earned thousands of dollars stringing for the network. In case you don't know, a stringer is a local reporter who will file a story of national interest for the network and will be compensated a se...