CBS Drops ‘60 Minutes’ Reporter Amid Reported Tensions With Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss

Sharyn Alfonsi is leaving 60 Minutes — and she isn’t going quietly.

CBS declined to renew the longtime correspondent’s contract, which expired Saturday, The New York Times reported Wednesday, May 27.

Alfonsi, 53, had been with the network since 2011 and joined 60 Minutes in 2015.

She is still technically employed by CBS, the outlet reported. “I am not resigning,” she said. “If they want me gone because I did my job, they’ll have to fire me.”

The tension traces back to late 2024, when newly appointed editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled one of Alfonsi’s segments the day before it was set to air. The piece examined conditions inside an El Salvador prison where the U.S. government had been sending deported migrants.

Alfonsi publicly labeled the decision political, a characterization that CBS executives reportedly considered insubordinate, The Guardian reported in January. She stood by it, describing it as “a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting.”

The segment aired a month later, with additional comments from President Donald Trump‘s administration.

As per the report, she also raised concerns about the broadcast’s future, warning that 60 Minutes risks becoming a show that looks the part but no longer has the courage to produce journalism that truly matters.

Her shocking departure is the latest in a growing string of exits.

Anderson Cooper left last week after nearly 20 years, citing Weiss’s leadership as well.

Lesley Stahl is said to be weighing her future at CBS after being passed over for a sit-down with Benjamin Netanyahu that Weiss personally arranged, according to The Independent.

Former executive producer Bill Owens and ex-CBS News president Wendy McMahon had already walked, pointing to corporate overreach following Paramount’s merger with Skydance under CEO David Ellison, who brought Weiss on board in October.