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How the 60 Minutes Report Ended Up Online Anyway

A Canadian outlet streamed segment on deportees in error, and it has since spread online

(Newser) - The news boss at CBS has set off a media furor by axing a 60 Minutes segment on Venezuelan deportees. But as NBC News notes, the report is circulating online nonetheless. The reason appears to stem from an error. Canada's Global News aired the 60 Minutes episode just as...

60 Minutes Exec: I Had to Obey Bari Weiss

Decision to spike deportation segment continues to drive CBS newsroom backlash

(Newser) - CBS' flagship newsmagazine is now at the center of its own story after a finished 60 Minutes investigation into Trump-era deportations was yanked just before going on the air. In a private staff meeting on Monday, executive producer Tanya Simon said she backs the reporting on Venezuelan migrants deported to...

CBS Chief Pulls 60 Minutes Segment on Deportations

CBS reporter slams Bari Weiss' decision as 'political'

(Newser) - CBS News' new boss has yanked a 60 Minutes investigation off the air at the last minute, and the show's own correspondent is calling it a political move. Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled a segment examining alleged mistreatment of Venezuelan migrants held at a high-security prison in El Salvador just...

Meet the New Face of CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
Has a New Face
Dec 10, 2025 10:11 AM CST

CBS Evening News Has a New Face

CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil takes over in January

(Newser) - Tony Dokoupil is shifting from the morning to the nightly newscast at CBS, snagging the coveted role as anchor of CBS Evening News. The 44-year-old co-host of CBS Mornings will replace John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, who are both leaving the network. Dokoupil brings "fairness" and "old-school journalistic...

CBS Picks Bari Weiss to Lead Town Hall With Erika Kirk

It's the new editor-in-chief's first on-air role at the network

(Newser) - CBS News' new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss will step in front of the cameras to moderate a prime-time town hall featuring Erika Kirk, widow of slain conservative figure Charlie Kirk, the Guardian reports. The event, set to air on Dec. 13 at 8pm ET, will center on "grief, faith, politics,...

Dems Cry Foul Over 60 Minutes Trump Edit

An exchange on corruption wasn't even in the 'extended' version

(Newser) - Democrats are calling for a Federal Communications Commission investigation after a key exchange from President Trump's interview with 60 Minutes was left out of the show's extended online cut. The omitted segment, in which Trump sidestepped a question about possible corruption relating to his pardon of Binance founder...

John Dickerson Is Leaving CBS News
John Dickerson
Is Leaving CBS News
Oct 27, 2025 1:38 PM CDT

John Dickerson Is Leaving CBS News

Veteran anchor to exit as network faces an editorial shake-up

(Newser) - Veteran anchor John Dickerson is leaving CBS News at the end of the year, a move that comes as new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss considers a broad overhaul of the entire operation. Dickerson joined CBS in 2009 and has held nearly every major role in the news division, reports Deadline . Among...

Paramount Skydance Taps Bari Weiss to Lead CBS News
CBS News Shakeup Includes
a Young New Editor
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Oct 6, 2025 10:16 AM CDT

CBS News Shakeup Includes a Young New Editor

Paramount Skydance names Bari Weiss, 41, to the position

(Newser) - It's a big change for CBS News starting Monday: Parent conglomerate Paramount Skydance installed 41-year-old Bari Weiss in the newly created position of editor in chief, report Reuters and the AP . Paramount also bought the digital news site founded by Weiss, the Free Press, for about $150 million, reports...

Musk Lets Journos Out of Twitter Jail, but EU, UN Are Ticked

United Nations calls the bans a 'dangerous precedent'; EU threatens sanctions

(Newser) - "The people have spoken." That was Elon Musk's overnight tweet on Friday announcing the results of his most recent poll, which asked his followers when to unsuspend the various reporters Twitter suspended earlier in the week for what Musk claims was real-time "doxxing" on his location....

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