Katie Couric Alleges Jeff Fager Reassigned 2 '60 Minutes' Pitches

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 25

Couric said on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast that former "60 Minutes" producer Jeff Fager took away two stories she expected to report: a Lady Gaga profile and a Hillary Clinton interview.
On Lady Gaga, Couric said she first pitched the singer as "the next Madonna," was told the idea was rejected, then learned a year later Fager wanted the segment after all and assigned it to Anderson Cooper.
On Clinton, Couric said Fager explicitly told her she would profile the then-secretary of state, but the State Department later told her producer that Scott Pelley was already pursuing the interview.
Couric said the episodes left her feeling disliked, sidelined and "gaslit" during her CBS tenure, where she worked as both a "60 Minutes" correspondent and "CBS Evening News" anchor.
The claims surface as tensions around CBS and "60 Minutes" remain high; Fox News Digital said it sought comment from CBS, and Couric recently backed Pelley's firing after his clash with Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton.