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CBS News Slams ‘Categorically False’ Claim It Suppressed ‘60 Minutes’ Epstein Report From Sharyn Alfonsi
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…CBS News pushed back after Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released a report suggesting the network “suppressed” a “60 Minutes” segment about Jeffrey Epstein, calling the claim “categorically false.”
Alfonsi was fired from “60 Minutes” back in May, months after her “Inside CECOT” story caused tension with editor-in-chief Weiss.
The message could not be clearer: my time at ’60 Minutes’ is apparently over.”
“In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like ‘modernization’ and ‘restructuring’ to explain away my departure.
In the wake of the staff changes, Scott Pelley confronted new EP Nick Bilton, resulting in his own termination from “60 Minutes” in June.