Jennifer Bowers BahneyJun 5th, 2026, 12:14 pm
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60 Minutes correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they will stay on at the legendary news magazine show to keep it from dying.
NPR media reporter David Folkenflick reported Friday, “In joint memo, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they will stay on at 60 Minutes. While they say they are heartbroken over fired colleagues, they cite one reason for staying: “We don’t want to see 60 Minutes die”
NEWS: In joint memo, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they will stay on at 60 Minutes.
While they say they are heartbroken over fired colleagues, they cite one reason for staying:
"We don't want to see 60 Minutes die"
Full memo in next tweet:
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 5, 2026
Folkenflick went on to post the entire memo that expressed the correspondents’ “hard time in deciding whether to stay on at 60 Minutes.”
Earlier this week, longtime correspondent Scott Pelley became the latest 60 Minutes stalwart to exit, as he was fired. His departure happened after CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss appointed tech reporter Nick Bilton as the show’s new executive producer.
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