CBS Boss Axes ‘60 Minutes’ Vet Who Exposed Her MAGA Bootlicking
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CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has officially fired one of the network’s star reporters who accused her of “choosing access journalism over accountability.”
https://x.com/dylanbyers/status/2060022897721426123?s=46" rel="" target="_self" title="https://x.com/dylanbyers/status/2060022897721426123?s=46">Puck reports that 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who first clashed with the MAGA-curious Weiss over an El Salvador jail report that painted the Trump administration in a negative light, was officially fired on Thursday morning.
Alfonsi, 53, worked for CBS for nearly 20 years, half of that as a correspondent at 60 Minutes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-boss-axes-60-minutes-vet-sharyn-alfonsi-who-exposed-her-maga-bootlicking/">Read more at The Daily Beast.
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