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Months after feud with Bari Weiss, Sharyn Alfonsi is out at ‘60 Minutes’

The Washington Post · Scott Nover · last updated

The veteran CBS News correspondent slammed her boss after a segment on migrants detained at a prison in El Salvador was pulled from a December broadcast.

CBS News journalist Sharyn Alfonsi is departing “60 Minutes,” months after a high-profile clash with CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss.

While Alfonsi is still technically employed at CBS News, she said in a statement that her contract expired Saturday, ending a decade-long tenure at the network’s flagship program.

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