Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker And Jon Wertheim Staying At Embattled ‘60 Minutes’

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Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends.

Jun 05, 2026, 12:37pm EDT

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Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim vowed to “stay and fight” at the news program that has undergone significant upheaval under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, saying in a joint memo Friday they “don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die.”

Lesley Stahl and colleagues vowed to "stay and fight" at the embattled "60 Minutes." (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images)

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