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CBS Declines to Renew Sharyn Alfonsi’s 60 Minutes Contract After Clash With Editor Bari Weiss

The decision follows a dispute over Alfonsi’s CECOT prison report and raises questions about editorial independence at CBS News.

60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi at a conference in 2022.
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The CBS broadcasting logo is seen outside the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th St. in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Overview

  • Alfonsi confirmed her 60 Minutes contract lapsed over the Memorial Day weekend and that CBS did not offer renewal talks, though she remains employed by the network as an at‑will staffer.
  • She issued a public statement saying leadership penalized her for refusing to alter factual reporting and warning the move sends a chilling message to journalists at the network.
  • The dispute began in December when Weiss temporarily pulled Alfonsi’s ‘Inside CECOT’ segment hours before it was to air, and the piece later ran in January with added comments from the Trump administration.
  • People familiar with the situation say Alfonsi’s producers have been reassigned and she has been left unable to perform routine correspondent duties; CBS News has declined to comment on her future.
  • The episode comes as Paramount Skydance hires and Weiss’s leadership prompt exits and planned changes at 60 Minutes, raising concern that ownership and editorial shifts could reshape the program’s investigative focus.