Bari's ‘60’ Blow Up Plan
Inside “60 Minutes,” as the prestigious newsmagazine enters the final stretch of its current season ahead of its May finale, staffers are already beginning to go through the motions of preparing for the fall return. Even as the show heads into its summer hiatus, the work doesn’t stop—producers and correspondents will spend the coming months developing and reporting out stories for the next season. But this year, the backdrop is far different than usual.
With Bari Weiss now at the helm of CBS News and taking an unusually hands-on approach to “60 Minutes,” a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the show’s future. “No one knows what to expect,” one staffer on the show told Status about the mood internally.
The one thing that does seem clear: change is coming. Status has learned that earlier this year, Weiss…
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