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Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi leave CBS '60 Minutes' for teaching roles

Two correspondents ousted in a CBS News shakeup will transition from broadcast journalism to academia

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Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi leave CBS '60 Minutes' for teaching roles

What this story says

  • Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondents on CBS's '60 Minutes', have been ousted from the programme as part of a major shakeup.
  • Both will transition to teaching roles, marking a shift from broadcast journalism to academia.
  • The shakeup at '60 Minutes' is part of a broader restructuring at CBS News, though details remain unclear.
  • No right-rated outlet in the sample below carried the story, making its absence a notable gap in coverage.

Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, correspondents on CBS's flagship news programme '60 Minutes', have been removed from the show. The departures were confirmed as part of a restructuring at CBS News. Both will leave their roles in broadcast journalism to take up teaching positions, though the institutions and exact roles have not been specified in the reports.

The ousting of Pelley and Alfonsi follows a broader shakeup at '60 Minutes', described in some reports as a 'major' overhaul. The nature and scope of the changes remain unclear, as none of the reports provide details on whether other correspondents or staff were affected. The timing of the departures has also not been disclosed.

What the coverage left out

None of the eight digests below specify the universities or academic programmes Pelley and Alfonsi will join. The nature and scope of the 'major shakeup' at '60 Minutes' are also unaddressed in all reports. No right-rated outlet in the sample carried the story at all, making its absence a notable gap in coverage.

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

  • All five left-rated digests led on the departure of Pelley and Alfonsi from '60 Minutes' and their transition to teaching. The HuffPost, The Independent (UK and US editions), Associated Press News, and The Seattle Times each carried the same core facts: the correspondents were recently ousted and will move from the newsroom to the classroom. None of the digests specified the universities or programmes involved, nor did they provide additional context on the shakeup at CBS News.

Centre

  • The three centre-rated digests, from the Winnipeg Free Press, WFMZ, and WKMG, also led on the departure of Pelley and Alfonsi. Two of the three, the Winnipeg Free Press and WFMZ, explicitly described the ousting as part of a 'major shakeup' at '60 Minutes'. WKMG's digest did not mention the shakeup, aligning instead with the left-rated reports in focusing solely on the correspondents' move to teaching roles.

Right

We hold no leaning breakdown for this story, so there is nothing to report about the right.

Questions about this coverage

Is the coverage of Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi leave CBS '60 Minutes' for teaching… biased?
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi leave CBS '60 Minutes' for teaching roles is one event reported by several outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Who are Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi?
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi were correspondents on CBS's '60 Minutes', a flagship news programme. Both have been ousted from the show as part of a restructuring at CBS News and will transition to teaching roles, though the specifics of their new positions are not detailed in the reports.
What is the shakeup at '60 Minutes'?
The shakeup at '60 Minutes' refers to a restructuring at the CBS News show that led to the ousting of correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi. Some reports describe it as a 'major' overhaul, but details on its scope or other affected staff remain unclear in the coverage.
Which outlets reported on the departures?
The story was carried by five left-rated outlets, HuffPost, The Seattle Times, The Independent (UK and US editions), and Associated Press News, and three centre-rated outlets: the Winnipeg Free Press, WFMZ, and WKMG. No right-rated outlet in the sample reported on the departures.

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14 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

8

Centre

4

Right

2

Not rated

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

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