Cecilia Vega, the veteran TV information correspondent who was fired from 60 Minutes on Thursday, stated in a fiery assertion, “I very much fear what comes next” for the long-running newsmagazine, which is present process a serious overhaul below CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
Weiss terminated Vega and fellow 60 correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, in addition to government producer Tanya Simon. She hired the veteran journalist Nick Bilton to turn into the present’s new EP.
In her assertion, Vega stated that “in recent months, my producing teams and I have experienced efforts to insert political bias into our stories,” although she didn’t go into element about what that entailed. “Reporting groups have held again on submitting story pitches about vital information subjects out of worry of the interior repercussions
“Let’s call this what it is: censorship, both imposed and self-driven,” she continued. “It is dangerous for the show and dangerous for democracy.”
A CBS Information spokesperson responded: “We respect Ms. Vega and her contributions, but her claims are not based in reality.”
Vega joined 60 Minutes three years in the past from ABC Information, a serious transfer for the community information veteran.
“I held the line and refused to incorporate suggestions that offend the conscience, a phrase I borrow from a colleague who has also fought to keep questionable editorial suggestions away from the facts,” she stated. “I know from many conversations with colleagues that many producing teams and correspondents working on the show today have had to fight to maintain editorial independence with regularity. I am far from the only 60 Minutes correspondent who has asked herself, “What is my personal red line? How much can I push back before I pay the price?”
