’60 Minutes’ Correspondents to Stay: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker
The three remaining correspondents at CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes will remain with the show for its next season. In a memo to the show’s staff, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said that, while they had a hard time deciding whether to stay at 60 Minutes after the ouster of top producers and correspondents like Tanya Simon, Scott Pelley, Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi, they have opted to stay with the show. “We feared that our returning might be construed as an endorsement of the existing power structure. That is simply, categorically not the case,” they wrote. “Here’s why we’re are staying: We don’t want to see 60 Minutes die.” Read their memo, below: TO All our colleagues at 60 FROM Lesley, Bill and Jon We have had a hard time deciding whether to stay at 60 Minutes. We’re still deeply upset by the firings of Tanya and Draggan, strong leaders who everyone respected. As far as we can tell – because no explanation has ever been offered, they were expelled because they fought …

