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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis and Jeremy Barr

Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’

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Bari Weiss, the CBS News editor-in-chief. Campanile said on Facebook: ‘The audience deserves so much better.’ Photograph: Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press

The former managing editor at 60 Minutes, who was fired in May with several other top correspondents, has spoken out about the ouster, saying he and his colleagues, were dismissed because they “would not compromise our principles or reputations by jamming unverifiable notions or White House talking points into our reporting”.

Guy Campanile, who worked at CBS News for 34 years, said in a private Facebook post obtained by the Guardian on Tuesday that he had held off on commenting about his dismissal right away, having decided it was “wise to remain quiet when emotions are raw”.

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