CBS, 60 Minutes and Sharyn Alfonsi
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Stephen Colbert signed off of The Late Show for the last time on Thursday, May 21 and the following morning, CBS had reportedly 'ghosted' the host due to a previous dig at a colleague
Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show finale put CBS atop the late-night ratings charts. His replacement’s premiere plummeted them to the bottom. When Colbert, 62, left CBS on Thursday, so too did all of
CBS has reportedly declined to renew a contract with Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” journalist whose segment about an El Salvadoran prison was abruptly nixed.
Alfonsi, who spent nearly 20 years at CBS and more than a decade at “60 Minutes,” said network leadership effectively shut the door on her after she challenged editorial decis
“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Sharyn Alfonsi said.
Student journalist Santiago Campos, a senior from Washington, D.C.’s District of Columbia International School, wowed the News Emmys crowd on Wednesday night by taking on CBS News as he accepted this
CBS News declined to renew its contract with “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi six months after her segment on Salvadoran prisons was delayed.
CBS is facing boycott calls after ending Stephen Colbert’s late-night show this week. Some viewers now want fans to avoid CBS sports, though NFL supporters appear to be split on that idea. The backlash quickly spread across social media after Colbert’s final episode aired.
Tony Dokoupil is beginning to bounce back after some of the worst ratings in CBS Evening News history last month. According to Variety, citing Nielsen numbers for the week beginni