Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they’ll stay at ‘60 Minutes’
The correspondents said they want to preserve the program after recent firings and leadership turmoil at CBS News.
- On Friday, 60 Minutes correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim announced they will remain with the embattled newsmagazine, writing they do not "want to see 60 Minutes die."
- Turmoil engulfed the newsmagazine after management fired several senior staff members last week; tensions peaked Monday when correspondent Scott Pelley clashed with new executive producer Nick Bilton, leading to Pelley's firing.
- In their joint memo, Stahl, Whitaker, and Wertheim wrote they were "heartbroken" over the firings of "strong leaders who everyone respected," emphasizing their return does not constitute an "endorsement of the existing power structure."
- Executive producer Nick Bilton sought to rebuild trust in a Thursday memo, stating the show "will never be instructed by the ownership" on its reporting and announcing Maria Gavrilovic's promotion to senior producer.
- The correspondents stated they remain committed to "independent, fearless journalism," intending to fight to preserve the show's reputation and protect its long-standing tradition of investigative reporting.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Saying “We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die,” the three remaining correspondents at the turmoil-plagued CBS News show have decided to stay – for now. A memo from Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker to fellow staffers at the CBS News show expressed anger over the recent firings at The post Remaining three ’60 Minutes’ stars say they’re staying at CBS show, don’t want to see it die appeared first on Medicine Hat News.
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