{"id":4407,"date":"2026-07-28T08:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:38:21","slug":"maga-curious-cbs-boss-bonkers-60-minutes-scheme-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4407","title":{"rendered":"MAGA-Curious CBS Boss\u2019 Bonkers \u201860 Minutes\u2019 Scheme Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The MAGA-friendly bosses at CBS News are reportedly running a bizarre cosplay experiment as they try to plug a talent gap at the network\u2019s flagship news show, <i>60 Minutes<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4405\">American Airlines Plane Forced to Land After 6 Crew Members Fall Ill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Status reports that the newsmagazine is rushing to recruit new talent after the high-profile departure of Anderson Cooper and the firing of correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega and Scott Pelley, as well as executive producer Tanya Simon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It said that Editor in Chief Bari Weiss, and Nick Bilton, the tech journalist she appointed as executive producer at <i>60 Minutes<\/i>, were making applicants take screen tests, which several veteran TV executives described as \u201codd\u201d since anyone up for a role on the show should already have an established body of work available to view.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A screen test would also offer no particular insight into a candidate\u2019s investigative reporting skills. <\/p>\n<p>Status also stated that as part of the tests for potential new <i>60 Minutes<\/i> talent, mock interviews have been conducted, with one person in the exercise playing Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned associate of child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The publication said Weiss has \u201clong wanted to secure an interview with Maxwell,\u201d a fact she stated in a Hollywood Reporter profile earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted CBS News and the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The clock is ticking for the CBS bosses: <i>60 Minutes <\/i>is scheduled to return to air on Sunday Sept. 13 for what will be its 59th season.<\/p>\n<p>Status reports that CBS News correspondents including Norah O\u2019Donnell, whom President Donald Trump called \u201cterrible\u201d after she asked him about Epstein during an interview in May, and Matt Gutman may be used to fill talent gaps.<\/p>\n<p>There are also reports the new-look <i>60 Minutes <\/i>may bring back \u201chidden camera-style investigative pieces,\u201d which have fallen out of favor because of ethical concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The publication also cites sources who claim Bilton is facing a \u201cHerculean effort\u201d to assign enough stories over the coming weeks to be ready for the<i> 60 Minutes<\/i> return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople on the show and those associated with it believe Bilton is deeply underwater, though he has expressed confidence in his ability to get the newsmagazine to air this fall,\u201d Status said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4403\">Man Accused of Filming Himself Wrestling Sharks Is Arrested<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The publication said that Bilton does have designs on securing Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a sit-down interview.<\/p>\n<p>The publication also reported Bilton made a strategic visit last week to the White House to potentially secure a pipeline to MAGA talent for <i>60 Minutes<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton, who has no previous experience in broadcast news, is a former tech columnist turned documentary producer. He was hired by Weiss as part of a MAGA-friendly overhaul of the iconic TV staple, which has been in Trump\u2019s sights.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton visited the White House last Thursday for an \u201coff-the-record\u201d meeting with Trump\u2019s communications team while he was in Washington for the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Status claims that while some CBS News staff thought Bilton was looking to lock in an interview with the president, he \u201csimply sought to establish a relationship\u201d with the people who will \u201cultimately decide whether to grant his team access\u201d to the administration in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Vega detailed how the new bosses at CBS News attempted to interfere in her reporting.<\/p>\n<p>That included being encouraged to include footage of protesters violently attacking people in the streets, who the demonstrators believed were plain-clothed ICE officers, in a report following the fatal shooting of citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers during ICE protests in Minnesota in January.<\/p>\n<p>Vega noted that things \u201cstarted to change when new people started showing up in the screenings and giving their feedback on pieces,\u201d and strongly suggested she believed that Weiss was driving the requests to change <i>60 Minutes <\/i>content.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cNever in my career until now have I felt that those edits, those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics,\u201d Vega said. \u201cThat\u2019s the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4401\">CNN Data Guru Paints Grim Picture for Trump on Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MAGA-friendly bosses at CBS News are reportedly running a bizarre cosplay experiment as they try to plug a talent gap at the network\u2019s flagship news show, 60 Minutes. 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