Former CBS "60 Minutes" producer and managing editor Guy Campanile opened up about his firing earlier this year in a social media post on Tuesday, claiming he and his co-workers "refused to be accomplices in the destruction of the most prestigious news program on American television.""We would not compromise our principles or reputations by jamming unverifiable notions or White House talking points into our reporting," Campanile wrote in a private Facebook post, according to reporters."We objected when told to conduct interviews arranged by the administration.
We insisted on asking the most challenging questions to business and political leaders without fear or favor." He added, "We did what reporters worth their salt do – we questioned authority...including our own bosses.That’s how the best newsrooms work.
To be clear — we were told to leave because we insisted on doing our jobs."SHARYN ALFONSI OUT AT ’60 MINUTES' AFTER FEUD WITH BARI WEISS, RIPS CBS FOR ‘CHILLING MESSAGE’ TO NEWSROOMSeveral "60 Minutes" correspondents and producers were fired from the show ahead of the latest season.(Jai Lennard/CBS News via Getty Images)Campanile was one of several people fired from the network in May along with executive producer Tanya Simon, executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, senior producer Matthew Polevoy, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.
The firings were part of the network's editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss' continued efforts to reorganize the long-running news program.Though Campanile did not name anyone behind his firing, he called out "on-line opinionists" taking control of "institutions" like CBS News."Making matters worse is the cadre of self-described influencers and on-line opinionists who market themselves as 'journalists.' Some have been given control of our most precious reporting institutions — including CBS News.Many of these newsroom managers have never been exposed to the depths of poverty, the ravages of war or the heartbr...