Fired ’60 Minutes’ Star Slams MAGA-Induced ‘Ratings Slump’
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Frazer Harrison / WireImage Former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega said the show’s trajectory since MAGA-curious Bari Weiss ’ takeover “hurts” her personally “It pains me,” Vega, 49, said at a Thursday evening talk in Washington, D.C. “It hurts to watch, from afar. It hurts to talk to my colleagues who are still there. It hurts to see the ratings slump that is happening right now.” Weiss, 42, fired Vega in May as part of her mass CBS News overhaul . Vega’s contract wasn’t due to expire until March 2027, prompting confusion about why she was terminated.
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Fired CBS star admits it ‘hurts to watch’ Bari Weiss tank her old show’s ratings: report
A former '60 Minutes' correspondent pushed out in this spring's shakeup is opening up about what has become of the show. Cecilia Vega told a room of American University students that it "hurts to watch" her old show's ratings slide under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ,...
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Fired ’60 Minutes’ Star Slams MAGA-Induced ‘Ratings Slump’
Frazer Harrison / WireImage Former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega said the show’s trajectory since MAGA-curious Bari Weiss ’ takeover “hurts” her personally “It pains me,” Vega, 49, said at a Thursday evening talk in Washington, D.C. “It hurts to watch, from afar. It...
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