The former managing editor of 60 Minutes broke his silence on his 2026 exit from the program, where he said editorial independence had become a “casualty of corporate priorities and ideological intrusion,” in a social media post reported on by The Guardian on Tuesday. Guy Campanile, who says he was a 34-year veteran of CBS News, was subject to a round of firings in May as new leader Bari Weiss overhauled 60 Minutes. In his words, the axing came as he and several colleagues “refused to be accomplices in the destruction of the most prestigious news program on American television.” “We would not compromise our principles or reputations by…
