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Sharyn Alfonsi Exits 60 Minutes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The best thing Alfonsi can do from here is land somewhere that values what she does. She's a talented journalist with a track record that speaks for itself. If CBS News didn't want that, somebody else will.
Sharyn Alfonsi Exits 60 Minutes, Blasts CBS News Leadership
"In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like 'modernization' and 'restructuring' to explain away my departure. Don't be misled. This was not a routine corporate transition."
Does 60 Minutes Really Need Fixing? The Ratings Tell the Whole Story
There's a reason the show has survived more than five decades while networks around it have crumbled, retooled, and reinvented themselves repeatedly.
60 Minutes Sees 9% Ratings Increase During 2025-2026 Season
Digitally, 60 Minutes saw 2.5 billion views across its major platforms. Views on TikTok rose 85% year-over-year.
60 Minutes Survived Decades of Scrutiny, But Can It Survive Bari Weiss?
CBS News' massive transformation is facing high-profile departures, internal controversies over editorial independence, and abysmal ratings. Whether Weiss can save CBS News remains highly uncertain.
Sharyn Alfonsi Set to Exit 60 Minutes
Alfonsi's current deal is set to expire at the end of May. She originally joined the news magazine in 2015.
60 Minutes’ Sharyn Alfonsi: CBS News Executives Care Only About What’s Good For Business
"My hope recently has been that I still have a job. And every morning I wake up to another headline that says I've been fired. If I am fired, it will not be the first time."
Pulled ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT Story Accidently Streams on Canadian TV App, CBS News Turmoil Continues
"The nearly 14-minute report, removed from the CBS broadcast schedule just hours before it was set to air Sunday, appeared briefly on Global News’ streaming app in Canada."
Bari Weiss Defends Pulling 60 Minutes Story on CECOT Saying Piece Was “Not Ready”
"I want to say something about trust: our trust for each other and our trust with the public"
60 Minutes Correspondent Alleges CBS News Chief Bari Weiss Pulled CECOT Story For Political Reasons
"The decision was made roughly a day and a half before broadcast, an unusually late intervention for the long-running newsmagazine"