Steve Kroft says ’60 Minutes’ ‘no longer exists’

Steve Kroft, a longtime correspondent for CBS News’s “60 Minutes” who retired in 2019, said the program “no longer exists” in a new interview. 

“I think basically ’60 Minutes,’ as the audience has known it, no longer exists,” Kroft told New York Magazine. “The firings are too substantial.” 

Kraft’s remarks come amid turmoil at CBS News related to the network’s new leader, Bari Weiss. They follow the firing of longtime correspondent Scott Pelley, who accused Weiss of “murdering ‘60 Minutes.’”

“She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that,” Pelley reportedly said during a staff meeting.

He was quickly fired after the eruption. That came after the firings of the show’s executive producer, editor and several correspondents.

New York Magazine included Kroft’s comments in a profile published Thursday. Kroft dedicated four decades of his professional life to CBS and three decades to “60 Minutes” before his retirement in 2019. 

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