CBS News Removes Sharyn Alfonsi from '60 Minutes' After Dispute with Editor Bari Weiss Over Deportation Story
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Brian Steinberg
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Summary
Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi has been removed from the program after raising concerns about how Bari Weiss, CBS News' editor in chief, handled Alfonsi's report on the U.S. deportation of Venezuelan men to a harsh prison in El Salvador. Alfonsi remains a CBS News employee but her contract with "60 Minutes" expired without renewal, and executives have not contacted her representatives.
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Alfonsi remains an employee at CBS News, but her contract at '60 Minutes' expired earlier this month, according to two people familiar with her situation
CBS News executives have made no effort to contact her representatives
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