Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’
- Posted on September 8, 2026
- By The Guardian
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In brief
Former 60 Minutes managing editor Guy Campanile publicly disclosed his dismissal through social media, claiming he and colleagues were terminated for maintaining professional journalism standards. Campanile contends that staff members were let go after resisting pressure to compromise editorial integrity, framing the departures as a principled stand against institutional decline rather than a simple personnel decision.
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Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’
Guy Campanile addresses ouster in Facebook post and says ‘we were told to leave because we insisted on doing our jobs’
