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‘60 Minutes’ Staff Recoil at MAGA-Curious Boss’ ‘Joke’ Hires
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Staff at CBS’s flagship investigative show 60 Minutes are deeply unhappy about network boss Bari Weiss’s latest hires for the program.
Katie Kingsbury, who edits the Times opinion section, told staff he had written about “the Catholic Church he loves and challenges in equal measure.”
“They never would have been considered for the actual ‘60 Minutes’,” the veteran said.
The British broadcaster and former politician Sir Trevor Phillips is also joining as a “60 Minutes” correspondent.
Another executive told Status the overhaul had driven ratings to record lows, adding, “There is little hope these 60 Minutes changes will do anything but the same.”