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It’s hard to overstate the impact of “60 Minutes” on journalism. It’s the most-watched television-news program in America. Since its debut on CBS in 1968, it’s been the home of some of the most-storied broadcast journalists, from Mike Wallace and Ed Bradley to Lesley Stahl, Anderson Cooper and, until this past week, Scott Pelley.
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“60 Minutes” veteran Steve Kroft rips 'disastrous' firings, slams CBS News for 'journalistic interference'
"'60 Minutes' as the audience has known it no longer exists," Kroft lamented.
After weeks of turmoil at CBS's legacy newsmagazine '60 Minutes,' WGA East and SAG-AFTRA are slamming the network for its most recent actions, citing a lack of editorial independence.
In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss was “murdering the show”
CBS denied political interference allegations amid turmoil following the firing of Scott Pelley and other veteran journalists from "60 Minutes."