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06/03/2026

06/03/2026

BREAKING: CBS News Staff Rises Up Against Paramount Boss Over 60 Minutes Gutting

CBS News staffers are preparing to send a formal letter to Paramount CEO David Ellison demanding he protect editorial independence at the network, a bombshell development that signals a full-blown internal revolt over the recent dismantling of 60 Minutes.

The letter, first reported by Breaker Media founder Lachlan Cartwright on MS NOW, calls on Ellison to honor the journalistic values that made CBS News a trusted institution for decades.

"People I speak to within CBS are absolutely distraught about what is going on there," Cartwright said. A previous letter had been drafted last year but never sent. This time, staffers are not backing down.

The shakeup at 60 Minutes has been swift and brutal. Veteran correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi were both pushed out, as was longtime executive producer Tanya Simon. Their replacements? A technology writer named Nick Bilton with virtually no broadcast news experience.

Retired 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft told Cartwright there may be no smoking gun, but Trump's fingerprints are all over this. The backstory makes that case hard to dismiss. Ellison was quietly hosting a private dinner for Trump before the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump had already sued 60 Minutes for $10 billion, a lawsuit that ended in a settlement. And now the show's most respected voices are gone.

The CBS staff pushing back on this is exactly what journalism is supposed to look like. They are not going quietly.