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‘60 Minutes’ correspondents met to discuss futures after Scott Pelley firing: show ‘no longer exists’ [in the form viewers have known for decades]
nypost.com ^ | June 4, 2026 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 06/04/2026 6:29:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN

The remaining three correspondents at “60 Minutes” huddled this week to discuss their futures following the firing of Scott Pelley, according to a report, as former star Steve Kroft warned that the iconic newsmagazine “no longer exists” in the form viewers have known for decades.

Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl and Jon Wertheim met on Wednesday for more than an hour amid growing turmoil at CBS News following Pelley’s ouster and the sweeping shakeup orchestrated by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, the Status newsletter reported on Thursday.

The meeting came just hours after The Post reported that CBS insiders believed Whitaker and Stahl could be the next high-profile departures from the program.

“I think Bill is next,” one source close to the network told The Post.

“Lesley is keeping quiet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she left,” the source added.

Another insider told The Post: “Lesley and Bill will be behind him,” referring to Pelley.

Kroft, who recently told podcaster Bill O’Reilly that he “hated” working at “60 Minutes” due to its lack of “civility” and it being a “snake pit,” also questioned whether the program would be able to maintain its identity when it returns in the fall.

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“It seems almost impossible for me to imagine what kind of a show they can put on in September,” he [Kroft] said."

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Oh I dunno.......maybe an HONEST one?

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1 posted on 06/04/2026 6:29:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

Learn to code.


2 posted on 06/04/2026 6:31:05 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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“Lesley is keeping quiet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she left,” the source added.

Well don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, Leslie. The quicker, the better.

3 posted on 06/04/2026 6:31:19 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: V_TWIN
It takes 60 minutes to bomb the truth
tick tick tick tick tick

4 posted on 06/04/2026 6:32:22 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Yup.....she is a particularly nasty piece of work.

If President Trump had a fraction of a percent to do with this good for him.


5 posted on 06/04/2026 6:33:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leavebussed )
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To: V_TWIN

60 minutes went on for 59 minutes too long.


6 posted on 06/04/2026 6:33:45 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: blackdog

Even after pelly gets shit canned these people think the show cant run without them.

The level of arrogance and ego to think that is stunning.


7 posted on 06/04/2026 6:37:01 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leavebussed )
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To: V_TWIN
Bill Whitaker: 74

Leslie Stahl: 84

Here's an idea: RETIRE already, and give someone else a shot.

8 posted on 06/04/2026 6:39:27 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: V_TWIN
CBS insiders believed Whitaker and Stahl could be the next high-profile departures

Should have already occurred. They have inflated egos, they should have resigned long ago, they are awful and part of the problem.

9 posted on 06/04/2026 6:39:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: V_TWIN
Oh I dunno.......maybe an HONEST one?

Perhaps one without a leftist agenda and one that shows BOTH sides without an overt leftist bias?

10 posted on 06/04/2026 6:40:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: V_TWIN
Going back to the Seventies, I always thought thought the show had a We're smarter than you are attitude. I never became a fan.
11 posted on 06/04/2026 6:41:49 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Sicon

That was my comment!

Hadda look up Stahl’s age...I remember her from the early ‘80s!

She should be doing Geritol ads...


12 posted on 06/04/2026 6:41:54 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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Lesley Stahl is 84. EIGHTY-FOUR!

I stopped watching 60 Minutes when I left for college in 1976. Gone 50 years without it. Pretty sure I can live the rest of my life without hearing someone 15 years older than me attacking everything I’ve believed in and how I live...


13 posted on 06/04/2026 6:43:25 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: V_TWIN

That’s a reflection of the totalitarian mindset.


14 posted on 06/04/2026 6:44:17 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Mr Rogers

Never have watched it.


15 posted on 06/04/2026 6:46:31 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: V_TWIN

60 minutes?

i havent watched in a while

are mike and morley still around?


16 posted on 06/04/2026 6:46:44 AM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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are mike and morley still around?

Kind of, Leslie Stahl is carrying the show for them.

17 posted on 06/04/2026 6:47:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: xp38

I remember the ambush tactics with Mike Wallace. Good water cooler talk on Mondays.


18 posted on 06/04/2026 6:47:48 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: joshua c

And Andy Rooney.


19 posted on 06/04/2026 6:48:01 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: V_TWIN

When propagandists realize they won’t be able to propagandize anymore!


20 posted on 06/04/2026 6:48:51 AM PDT by dowcaet
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