Read the memo: Cecilia Vega slams CBS News after being fired from '60 Minutes'
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Katherine Li
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Cecilia Vega accuses CBS News of 'censorship' after being fired from '60 Minutes'
In a farewell message, Vega wrote: "Today I lost an amazing job. But I still have my integrity."
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CBS News fired 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega — whose contract ran to March 2027 — as Editor in Chief Bari Weiss replaced executive producer Tanya Simon with former NYT tech columnist Nick Bilton; veteran correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi also exited. Vega's public accusation of "censorship, both imposed and self-driven" documents a broader pattern of editorial pressure reported by multiple teams — a signal of how ownership-driven leadership changes restructure newsroom independence at scale.
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