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CBS News insiders are speculating that Lesley Stahl will possible stay a correspondent at “60 Minutes” after she was out taking pictures footage for the show’s subsequent season following a massacre on the iconic information show, The Post has realized.
Following final Thursday’s headline-grabbing firings — which claimed correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, government producer Tanya Simon and her quantity two, Draggan Mihailovich, in addition to two different senior producers — Stahl went out on assignment, a source instructed The Post.
“Lesley was shooting a segment for next season,” the source mentioned of the 84-year-old broadcaster. “She must be staying at the company.”
CBS News insiders are speculating that Lesley Stahl will possible stay a correspondent at “60 Minutes” after she was out taking pictures footage for the show’s subsequent season following a massacre
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The particular person added that Stahl had been working with senior producer Guy Campanile, who had been let go as half of CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss’ overhaul of the storied information program. Following Campanile’s exit, the correspondent tapped one other producer to shoot Campanile’s story.
Neither CBS News nor Stahl commented.
“Lesley Stahl didn’t even wait for the bodies of Tanya Simon and Draggan Mihailovich to get cold before she went out shooting,” mentioned one other miffed source.
Sources mentioned Stahl was not at Monday’s meet-and-greet with new boss Nick Bilton, which turned heated after correspondent Scott Pelley demanded to know why his colleagues had been fired and claimed that Weiss was “murdering” the show.
A day after the unstable assembly, Pelley, who additionally had ripped Bilton over his “slender” {qualifications} to steer “60 Minutes,” was fired for trigger by the company.
Bari Weiss and prime brass on the community hope that remaining solid members, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim stay on the legendary show. CBS News by way of AP
Stahl went on assignment after Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega and Tanya Simon (left-right) have been ousted from the show. CBS by way of Getty Images
In the times since Pelley’s firing, sources speculated whether or not remaining solid members Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim would stay on the legendary show.
A source briefed on the state of affairs mentioned that CBS News execs have expressed their need for the trio to remain however have no thought if they’ll.
In a Thursday e mail to workers obtained by The Post, Bilton mentioned, “Lesely, Bill and Jon are core to this show’s success,” however he stopped short of confirming they’re staying.
They imagine the percentages are that no less than Stahl, regardless of her age, will keep as a result of “60 Minutes is like oxygen to her,” mentioned a source who spoke to somebody in CBS management simply after Pelley’s firing.
Stahl, Whitaker and Wertheim met Wednesday to debate their futures, in keeping with the Status publication.
