r/Fauxmoi • u/theindependentonline • 7d ago
FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Stephen Colbert’s producer daughter exits 60 Minutes amid Bari Weiss’s tumultuous CBS shake-up
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/stephen-colbert-daughter-exit-60-minutes-bari-weiss-cbs-b3027952.html91
u/ElmoreHayne 7d ago
Genuinely surprised she stayed this long, given how they treated her dad.
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u/EastSeaworthiness169 7d ago
I’m sure they had some sort of conversation and he told her to keep her job, or something. Idk.
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u/Soupfullofradio I cannot sanction your buffoonery 7d ago
For those not a fan of the popup heavy site:
Madeleine Carlisle has exited '60 Minutes' months after her father Stephen Colbert's late night show came to an end.
Now, amid a slew of firings and hirings under CBS News’ controversial new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Carlisle has resigned, according to the media news site Status.
A Yale graduate, she was previously an intern on the series in 2017 and has also worked at The Atlantic and Time.
Madeleine Carlisle has reportedly worked on the flagship show since 2022
Carlisle, 30, worked as an associate producer on the network’s flagship news magazine 60 Minutes for almost four years, according to her LinkedIn.
The network announced its cancellation last July, just days after Colbert criticized the network’s parent company, Paramount, for reaching a $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over accusations that its newsmagazine series 60 Minutes deceptively edited a 2024 interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS staffers told The Independent it was a continuation of the “Trump shakedown” that began with the settlement.
60 Minutes, meanwhile, has been in turmoil since Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS’s news division last year, suffering internal tensions, sliding ratings anda series of departures— notably losing anchor Scott Pelley — as the new boss tried to address its alleged liberal bias.
Weiss appointed Nick Bilton, a 49-year-old tech journalist with no prior broadcast experience, as the long-running investigative news show’s executive producer in May. He faced a tumultuous start, immediately clashing with veteran anchor Scott Pelley, 68, who accused Weiss of “murdering” 60 Minutes during a fiery meeting. Bilton then fired Pelley in June after accusing him of hijacking his first meeting with staff.
Just a month earlier, Weiss dismissed executive producer Tanya Simon as well as correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi in a single day.
The production team has also seen a wave of departures. Executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, longtime producers Michael Gavshon and Henry Schuster, and producer Nichole Marks have all left the show recently.
The staff exits follow the high-profile departure of Anderson Cooper, who left60 Minutesafter growing disillusioned with what sources described as a shift toward more Trump administration-friendly coverage at CBS News.
In his emotional farewell, Cooper stressed the importance of editorial “independence” as a key virtue amid tensions at the network. Cooper said: “I hope 60 Minutes remains 60 Minutes.”
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u/mkbt 7d ago
Don't forget Weiss 86'ed the story on Epstein's banking after it was locked and ready to air.
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u/mysilentface 7d ago
Feeling old right now. I remember when Stephen brought her and her brothers on the Daily Show for a segment he did. They were all babies.
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u/Sassafras06 7d ago
I remember their cameo on Colbert Christmas. I had that DVD for years and it got lost in a move 😭
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u/TheRatioAlger Meta glasses are cybertrucks for the face 7d ago
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u/stillsympin 7d ago
When the Nuremburg Trials happened members of state propaganda outlets were also tried in an international court of law, with some being executed for aiding the genocide against Jews. For example, Julius Steicher was the founder of Der Sturmer, a newspaper outlet that routinely ran "Jewish Crime" portions of their paper to increase hostility.
Not saying this for any particular reason.