Early on Monday, the news became official that co-host Norah O’Donnell is leaving CBS This Morning to become the new anchor of the Evening News. Also departing is co-host John Dickerson. Considering that disgraced co-host Charlie Rose departed in 2017 amidst sexual harassment claims, that leaves Gayle King as the incumbent star and power broker at This Morning.

What does that mean for objectivity? The facts aren’t encouraging. King is a Democratic donor with contributions to Barack Obama, Harold Ford Jr., the DNC and other Democrats. On August 8, 2016, she recounted going to Barack Obama’s birthday party at the White House. An excited Rose wondered, “And you danced with the President?”

King vacationed with the Obamas. On April 21, 2017, she ridiculously defended this by saying, “My vacations are not political and so I went on vacation with a great group of people and, to me, that's not a political statement.”

On Monday, the This Morning co-host interviewed 2020 candidate Cory Booker. Co-host Dickerson was forced to admit that “Gayle is good friends with the senator and has supported him in the past.”

Also on Monday, King vaguely mentioned the harassment problems at CBS, lamenting, “We've had a lot of bad press coming from inside the building which I think is very disturbing to me because I think most people that work here support, respect, admire, cheer each other on.”

King, in the past, has expressed annoyance about having to cover the sexual abuse allegations against Rose. On May 3, 2018, she scolded, “I don't know what to say about this.... I don't know what more we can do to Charlie Rose except a public flogging. He's gone.... I’m sick of handling it.”

Speaking of the man who allegedly exposed himself to multiple women, grabbed them, and made sexual comments, the co-host still called him a friend: “When the story first broke, I said Charlie was my friend. I still consider him a friend. I know that's probably not the politically correct thing to say at this moment. But I don't believe in abandoning people when they're down.”

The next day, under pressure, she reversed course and concluded, “Let the chips fall where they may.”

A partial transcript of the announcements of the changes at CBS can be found below. Click “expand” to see more.