'CBS News Got It Wrong' Says HHS in Refuting Mass Firing Report: 'No CDC Employee Was Terminated'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

May 3rd, 2025, 7:33 pm


The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) called out CBS News in a social media post on Saturday, saying the outlet “got it wrong” in their report claiming there were massive layoffs on Friday at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

CBS reported on Friday that “nearly all of the remaining staff” at NIOSH were laid off, “gutting programs ranging from approvals of new safety equipment to firefighter health.” NIOSH, part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and HHS, went through a round of lay-offs in April, one of many departments across government that have seen major cuts to budgets and personnel after President Donald Trump took office and put tech billionaire Elon Musk and DOGE on the task of slashing government spending.

CBS News reported on Friday:

NIOSH employees receiving layoff notices late Friday included some workers for the World Trade Center Health Program, miner safety, and firefighter health programs. Some workers for those programs had been asked to temporarily return to work for another month or two, after pleas from members of Congress.

Among the layoffs to NIOSH’s World Trade Center Health Program were nurses and scientists, two CDC officials said. Staff dealing with enrollment, member services and other administrative duties were also cut.

But on Saturday, HHS said that CBS News got the story wrong, and quote retweeted the article link from the CBS account on X, seemingly disputing the immediacy of the action.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/news/cbs-news-got-it-wrong-says-hhs-in-refuting-mass-firing-report-no-cdc-employee-was-terminated/

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And the CBS update that pretty much changed nothing from the original story -

Laid-off NIOSH workers told CBS News that the department’s post was misleading, since workers represented by unions were still on the job until Friday, when they received letters from HHS informing them of the layoffs and that they would be locked out of the agency’s buildings.

(emphasis mine)

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Welcome to the war against truth.

[LiberalArkie]

2. The left hand does not know what the right hand does or

The HHS HR does not know what DOGE does.

[GiqueCee]

3. If it comes out of a Republican's mouth...

... then you know it's a lie. Truth is anathema to this nest of vipers.

[debsy]

4. Roy Cohn lives on...

…in little donnie dumpster and in all his minions too.

1) attack, attack, attack;
2) admit nothing and deny everything; and
3) always claim victory and never admit defeat.

Who cares about telling the truth when winning is at stake, right?

This “philosophy” (I would call it a disease) has spread like a cancer through the Republican Party.

We also have the answer to the open question posed in the article referenced below before the election: Little donnie dumpster will never be held accountable.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/19/roy-cohn-donald-trump-documentary-228144/]

[Botany]

5. Fucking liars

Btw coal kills end of story.

It kills the water ways.

It kills the environment around the mines.

It kills the miners.

It kills the people who breath in the exhaust from the power plants.

It kills the Red Spruce on the mountain tops.

It kills fish from acid rain.

And it kills the miners.

Utility companies have spent billions on converting their coal fired power plants
to using natural gas and they are not going back to coal.

Acid mine drainage from coal operations.

[Jakes Progress]

6. Of the small percentage of Americans that follow news,

50% of those will only hear the HHS version excoriating CBS. USA brought to you by rupert murdoch and his ilk.