Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they’ll ‘stay and fight’ at 60 Minutes
by Maya Yang and Jeremy Barr from World news | The Guardian on (#7642N)
Stahl and Whitaker had been wild cards after new CBS News management fired multiple people in recent weeks
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim announced on Friday their decision to remain at CBS's 60 Minutes after the tumultuous firings of several of the show's senior correspondents and top producers.
The three correspondents issued a joint statement, saying: We have had a hard time deciding whether to stay ... We don't want to see 60 Minutes die. We have been grieving because this whole mess has wounded and damaged the broadcast."
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