Sharyn Alfonsi Defies CBS After 11-Year 60 Minutes Run as Contract Expires in Bari Weiss Clash
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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 27
Sharyn Alfonsi Defies CBS After 11-Year 60 Minutes Run as Contract Expires in Bari Weiss Clash
9 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 27
Sharyn Alfonsi said CBS will have to fire her if it wants her out, after her 60 Minutes contract expired Saturday and renewal calls from her agent went unanswered.
The 53-year-old correspondent told The New York Times she fears for the show's future under Bari Weiss, saying the wall between editorial independence and corporate interests has come down.
Alfonsi tied that concern to the handling of her CECOT prison report, a controversial segment Weiss initially held before it eventually aired.
Her public challenge deepens a widening fight over who will shape 60 Minutes next season, with Alfonsi saying the program risks keeping its brand while losing the courage behind its journalism.
Is '60 Minutes' silencing inconvenient truths in its quest for a modern overhaul by pushing out an award-winning journalist?
Is journalistic integrity being sacrificed for a corporate-friendly narrative amid an internal 'earthquake' at CBS News?