‘60 Minutes’ Staff Fury at MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Is Leaked

The Daily Beast · Ewan Palmer · 2026-11-06 11:00 UTC

Bari Weiss sought to distance herself from a story that was critical of the Trump administration.

Irate staff at 60 Minutes have accused CBS News boss Bari Weiss of throwing them under the bus after it faced backlash from the Trump administration over an immigration story.

On Oct. 25, the now-Trump-friendly network’s flagship magazine show ran a segment on Moussa Diawara, a migrant from Mali who lived in the U.S. for decades before being deported to Ghana over the summer.

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