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60 Minutes’ Sharyn Alfonsi Contract Not Renewed Amid Clash With Bari Weiss

60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi’s contract was not renewed amid a clash with the editor-in-chief of CBS News, Bari Weiss. “It sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom,” Alfonsi, 53, told The New York Times in an interview published on Wednesday, May 27, days after her deal expired. “I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting.” Alfonsi alleged that her agent had been inquiring with CBS News over the past several weeks and had been met with silence. She explained that she remains employed at CBS, but has no contract in p...