{"id":239,"date":"2026-05-29T08:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:42:43","slug":"60-minutes-veteran-accuses-trump-of-killing-iconic-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"\u201860 Minutes\u2019 Veteran Accuses Trump of Killing Iconic Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A reporter who worked on CBS News\u2019 flagship program <i>60 Minutes<\/i> for 30 seasons has accused President Trump of orchestrating the destruction of one of American journalism\u2019s most storied institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=237\">SCOTUS Justice\u2019s Home Targeted in Swatting Call<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, MAGA-friendly CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss purged three of the show\u2019s senior women in a single day. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Executive producer Tanya Simon, who has worked on the show for 30 years, was axed and is being replaced by a man with no television news experience. Correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi\u2014who publicly clashed with Weiss last year over a segment pulled for fear it would irritate the Trump administration\u2014and Cecilia Vega, the award-winning first Latina correspondent in the show\u2019s history, were also fired. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vega was let go over a short Zoom call. Weiss did not personally deliver the news to Alfonsi\u2014that task fell to CBS News managing editor Charles Forelle.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Kroft, who was a correspondent for the show from the late 1980s until 2019, did not mince his words. \u201cSince I retired, I often wondered what would happen to <i>60 Minutes<\/i>, but I never expected it would be executed by the president of the United States,\u201d he told Status. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no smoking gun. But his fingerprints and DNA are all over this. He\u2019s been making threats against <i>60 Minutes<\/i> and how he wanted it gone. And he finally got his wish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made no secret of his contempt for the program, regularly attacking it publicly and filing a $10 billion lawsuit against it, which CBS initially called \u201cmeritless\u201d before settling for $16 million to smooth the path for Shari Redstone to sell Paramount, the parent company of CBS, to MAGA-friendly billionaire David Ellison.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=235\">MAGA Melts Down After Music Star Ditches Failing Trump Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inside the show\u2019s Manhattan offices, the mood on Thursday was bleak. \u201cIt\u2019s like a funeral in here,\u201d one insider told Status. \u201cPeople are devastated.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another staffer was less restrained. \u201cThey\u2019re gutting us,\u201d they told Status. \u201cIt\u2019s over. I don\u2019t see how <i>60<\/i> will be able to function after this.\u201d They signed off with a message for management: \u201cGoodnight and good luck, motherf&#8212;&#8211;s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former executive producer Bill Owens, who resigned last summer citing corporate interference, was equally blunt. \u201cThey\u2019re killing <i>60 Minutes<\/i>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran correspondent Lesley Stahl reportedly attempted to rally remaining staff after the cull, though her own future at the show is uncertain\u2014her deal has not yet been renewed and is described as \u201cup in the air\u201d by a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>As for the show itself, Kroft\u2019s assessment was damning. \u201cThe show as people have known it for 50 years is dead. Now, could it be resurrected? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=233\">This Is the Birthday Trump Stole From Us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House has been contacted for comment. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reporter who worked on CBS News\u2019 flagship program 60 Minutes for 30 seasons has accused President Trump of orchestrating the destruction of one of American journalism\u2019s most storied institutions. 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