Exclusive | Lesley Stahl would never quit 60 Minutes despite reported tiff with CBS News Bari Weiss: sources

She’s “addicted to the limelight,” in the words of Jay-Z.Lesley Stahl would “never quit” CBS News’ “60 Minutes” — despite a report that the star correspondent mulled leaving the show after a flap with the network’s Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, sources told The Post on Tuesday.Weiss and her deputy Charles Forelle became “very, very hands on” editing Stah’s segment examining Israeli settlers in the West Bank, prompting Stahl to privately consider quitting the show, the Status newsletter reported Monday night.Status reported that Forelle suggested tabling the segment, but Stahl strongly objected and got her way with the piece, which aired Sunday.CBS News called Status’ report “ludicrous,” adding that Stahl’s West Bank segment went through a “rigorous editorial process.”Sources who know Stahl told The Post that the 84-year-old journalist “would never quit” the show.“She’s not going anywhere,” said one CBS insider, who said that Stahl is “addicted” to being on the newsmagazine.The person explained that Stahl — like most other TV anchors — craves the spotlight.“It’s her life,” the source said.

“What’s she going to do, give lectures like [former correspondents] Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi?”The source was referring to a Columbia Journalism School lecture series by Stahl’s former colleagues, who are now journalists in residence there — noting that the duo have become “irrelevant.”Another source noted that Stahl previously signed a two-year deal with CBS News to remain at the show after Weiss cleaned house, firing Pelley, Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, executive producer Tanya Simon and three other senior producers.The firings came as correspondents griped that Weiss had injected “bias” into their reports — which CBS News strongly denied.The episode was an inflection point for Stahl and the remaining veteran “60 Minutes” correspondents, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim, who agonized over whether ...