60 Minutes Fires 3 Veteran Female Journalists: Hear How They Fired Back
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3.5 • 697 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On Thursday, CBS News announced three senior level women with “60 Minutes” were out of a job. First, the show’s executive producer, Tanya Simon, daughter of legendary reporter Bob Simon, was fired and replaced by a technology columnist who has never worked in broadcast news. Next, correspondents Sharon Alfonsi and our former ABC colleague and present day friend, Cecilia Vega were let go as well. Wait until you hear what Vega and Alfonsi had to say as they left the network, both women claiming censorship and political bias led to their departures.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. It is Friday, May 29th. |
| 0:08.8 | And the woman in charge at CBS News just fired three women. |
| 0:15.3 | And not just any three women. |
| 0:18.2 | They have played significant roles at that network for decades in some cases, have been |
| 0:24.7 | in headlines in other cases, and have made history at this show. |
| 0:28.7 | In other cases. |
| 0:29.9 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J., one that hits a little bit different |
| 0:35.9 | because it does involve a very, very dear friend to this household |
| 0:41.3 | ropes. |
| 0:42.0 | Yes. |
| 0:42.6 | Among the three women who were fired yesterday, Cecilia Vega, who was a, not just a colleague |
| 0:49.8 | to you and I, but a friend and a really close friend. |
| 0:53.4 | I know with you, we had, we had dinner with |
| 0:55.9 | her not even that long ago. And it was the opportunity and I really think the position of a |
| 1:05.7 | lifetime, so many journalists will tell you the gold standard. |
| 1:17.5 | The program that you would probably be most proud to be affiliated with as a journalist coming up would absolutely be 60 Minutes. |
| 1:20.3 | And Cecilia Vega reached that goal and made history doing so. |
| 1:24.0 | Robes, she's the first Latina correspondent on 60 Minutes. |
| 1:29.1 | Robes, there is no. We talk here about the evening news, right, the Dan Rathers and the Peter Jennings and the, right, Tom Brokaw. |
| 1:34.9 | Sure. That is like the big job. There is one bigger. If you get to 60 minutes, you can't go higher. |
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