The Wall Came Down

CBS just let one of ‘60 Minutes’ best correspondents walk. Alfonsi diagnosed the project on her way out: keep the brand, remove the journalism.

“There’s a feeling that the wall has come down between editorial independence and corporate interests,” Sharyn Alfonsi told the New York Times in an interview published this morning. “The concern is we’re going to end up with a broadcast that looks like ‘60 Minutes’ but doesn’t have the courage or the character to produce ‘60 Minutes’ journalism that ac…