…“#60Minutes” has a long tradition of #autonomy within #CBSNews…. In the interview, Alfonsi said that she felt anxious about the program’s future. “For the last 60 years it’s been the same formula: tell the truth, hold the power accountable, don’t blink,” she said. “And it’s unclear what next season looks like.”
“There’s a feeling that the wall has come down between #editorial #independence & #corporate interests,” she added.
#CBSNews declined to renew its contract with the “#60Minutes” correspondent #SharynAlfonsi, 6 months after her segment on #torture in Salvadoran prisons was pulled off the air abruptly by the “news” division’s editor in chief, #BariWeiss.
Alfonsi’s deal expired Saturday. She said in a phone interview that her agent’s inquiries with #CBS News over the past several weeks had been met with silence.
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‘#60Minutes’ #Journalist Who Accused #CBS of Political Meddling Loses Her Deal
#SharynAlfonsi, whose segment on a brutal Salvadoran prison [#CECOT] — where #Trump was sending immigrants — was pulled abruptly in December, said that #CBSNews & its top editor, #BariWeiss, did not renew her contract.
#StateMedia #authoritarianism #fascism #dictatorship #censorship #propaganda #DavidEllison #law #FreePress #Constitution #journalism #FourthEstate
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