CBS Ends Contract for ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent
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Sharyn Alfonsi, whose contract lapsed over the weekend, says “the wall has come down between editorial independence and corporate interests” at the iconic news program.
Alfonsi, who spent nearly 20 years at CBS and more than a decade at “60 Minutes,” said network leadership effectively shut the door on her after she challenged editorial decis
Anderson Cooper decided to quit his moonlighting job at "60 Minutes," but not without a few words interpreted as "a dig" at CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.
Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief at CBS News, was left reeling after Anderson Cooper launched a thinly veiled attack on her during his final 60 Minutes appearance. Cooper, who announced he was leaving the network in part after becoming disillusioned with its MAGA-fied editorial drift under Weiss’s leadership,
According to CBS, they are officially set to air a repeat episode of their hit news show “60 Minutes” tonight, May 24, 2026, and it will feature repeat segments about the stock market, a Lyme disease treatment and more.