‘60 Minutes’ Legend Gives Grim Prediction on Bari Weiss’s Future
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Former 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft believes the clock is running out on Bari Weiss’s tenure leading CBS News.
Another tumultuous week at the network under Weiss’s leadership led to the firing of several 60 Minutes correspondents and producers late last month.
That chaos and a host of other controversies under Weiss have made Kroft, a correspondent for the storied newsmagazine for 30 years, say he doesn’t believe she will be around much longer.
“Everything she’s touched has turned to s--t.
Everything she’s touched has gone colossally wrong.
And I don’t think she’s shown any talent for this position.
She’s only fulfilling other people’s agendas,” he told https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/60-minutes-staffers-bari-weiss-scott-pelley-trump-1236771125/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/60-minutes-staffers-bari-weiss-scott-pelley-trump-1236771125/">Variety.
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