Bari Weiss Hands Netanyahu Interview to Major Garrett, Deepening 60 Minutes Turmoil
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Updated · Raw Story · May 12
Bari Weiss Hands Netanyahu Interview to Major Garrett, Deepening 60 Minutes Turmoil
3 articles · Updated · Raw Story · May 12
Lesley Stahl had pursued Benjamin Netanyahu for months, but CBS News chief Bari Weiss personally booked the interview and assigned it to Major Garrett, bypassing the longtime 60 Minutes correspondent.
That decision sharpened hostility inside 60 Minutes, where staff saw Weiss as helping Netanyahu avoid Stahl by offering a more agreeable interviewer outside the program's usual correspondent ranks.
March brought a similar break with tradition when Weiss booked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for Garrett and directed the interview to air on 60 Minutes despite Garrett not working for the show.
CBS defended the move, saying the editor in chief decides bookings and calling Garrett's Netanyahu sit-down tough, fair and newsmaking, but critics say Weiss is recasting 60 Minutes as a broader CBS News platform.
Sunday's season finale could mark a turning point for the newsmagazine, with internal fears that the overhaul is eroding the traditions that long underpinned its identity and ratings strength.
With veteran talent reportedly exiting, is this the end of 60 Minutes as we know it?
How will editorial clashes and a new foreign policy focus reshape the network's global reporting?