Posted on 06/15/2026 6:03:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Lesley Stahl has seen a lot of horrible things over the course of her career at 60 Minutes, but none of it can compare to the horror she experienced watching her fellow journalists lose their jobs for being obnoxious.
"Oh God, this was awful," Stahl told Puck when asked about the half dozen veteran producers and personalities who were fired along with Scott Pelley, the veteran newsreader and combat survivor dismissed for insubordination. "This was by far the worst experience I’ve been involved in, or even witnessed."
The worst experience she’s ever even witnessed. By far. The Puck reporter observed that Stahl's voice "trailed off, as if she was still having trouble processing what had happened during the past week or so."
Stahl is 84—even older than Joe Biden. She lived through 9/11 and the Jimmy Carter administration. She witnessed the self-inflicted debasement of her former colleague Dan Rather after he reported on forged documents purporting to cast doubt on President George W. Bush's service in the National Guard. That was pretty bad.
What else might the iconic journalist have experienced in her career that was almost, but not quite, as traumatizing as corporate restructuring in a dying industry?
Well, Stahl's first story as a 60 Minutes correspondent was about child trafficking in Romania after the fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu. She visited a family that wanted to sell their four-year-old son for $500 to buy a camcorder. The following year, Stahl interviewed survivors of Josef Mengele's twisted human experiments at Auschwitz. In 2020, she was forced to endure interviews with Rick Wilson and Steve Schmidt, cofounders of the much-maligned Lincoln Project super PAC.
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Over the last few years, Stahl has examined the benefits of "gender affirming care," documented former congresswoman Liz Cheney's abiding hatred for Donald Trump, and extolled the (alleged) comedy of former Daily Show host Trevor Noah. Despite her reluctance to "become part of the story," Stahl performed a 60 Minutes monologue about her personal battle with COVID-19—a potentially harrowing ordeal given her advanced age, but less so given her exorbitant net worth.
The best defense is a good offense.
Leftists take that advice to heart.
There isn’t enough fake-up she can wear to hide her Communism.
LOL. I wouldn’t have expected anything else from Lesley. Its perfect. She is an old, out of touch, arrogant, liberal elitist. Of course, she thinks a journalist getting fired is worse than a 10-year-old boy or girl getting sold into prostitution and raped. Lesley probably has friends who are members of NAMBLA who have convinced her that kids enjoy sex with adults so what’s the big deal? I want Lesley to keep talking. Keep giving interviews. She is comedy gold. So out of touch. So elitist. If the View has an opening, slot her in.
What is she 104 yrs old. Retire already dingbat.
She needs to spend some money on a hair brush...
Don’t expect these people to have any grasp on reality or a lick of common sense. They live in a bubble.
Lesley, you’re not a journalist, so your opinion on this topic carries no weight.
Narcissistic idiots.
YOU ARE FIRED !!!!!!
That photo is the very definition of the term “overworked”
A bad day for her is when her limo hits a nasty pothole.
Presstitution. The world’s second oldest profession.
Stahl interviewed survivors of Josef Mengele’s twisted human experiments at Auschwitz.
Yet this bitch won’t say a word against the evil quacks that mutilate children .
No, the witch Stahl won’t say a word against her Queer pals, stfu bitch.
She’s giving me Great Salt Vampire vibes.
IYKYK.
I heard the cure for layoffs/firings is dancing nurses.
Very high opinion of themselves these media.
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