Lesley Stahl Calls '60 Minutes' Mass Firings the 'Worst Experience' of Her 50-Year Career
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Natalie Oganesyan
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Summary
Veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl describes the mass firings at '60 Minutes' — including the entire management team, reporters, and producers — as the "worst experience" of her 50+ year career. She opens up about her difficult decision to remain with the program after seven people were let go, calling it the hardest chapter of her professional life.
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· 3 pulledIt's just been obviously the hardest chapter of my career.
This was by far the worst experience I've been involved in, or even witnessed.
I mean, firing seven people, including the entire management team over here, plus reporters and producers…
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