Accuracy in Media

60 Minutes journalist Lesley Stahl admitted that the press leans liberal and that’s why Democratic politicians believe “reporters are on their side” and thus expect glowing coverage or kid gloves from the mainstream media. During a conversation with PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff at the Deadline Club of New York, Stahl said she was surprised […]

Stephanie Clifford, who is also known by her adult film star Stormy Daniels, has been in the news for her ongoing lawsuit with President Donald Trump over a non-disclosure agreement she signed over an alleged affair. She recently sat down and interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” program and discussed the affair and her allegations. Her […]

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos survived an avalanche of teachers’ union-approved questions and even managed to turn the tables on Lesley Stahl in a segment on 60 Minutes Sunday. “Why have you become, people say, the most hated cabinet secretary?” Stahl asked. “I’m not so sure exactly how that happened. But I think there are […]

The New York Times reported Tuesday that 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager was apparently so bothered that the original author of the show’s 50th-anniversary book, “Fifty Years of 60 Minutes,” interviewed subjects about the treatment of women in the workplace that he took over the project himself leading to a book largely devoid of […]

If you think you know a lot more about Donald Trump Jr.’s 20-minute meeting with a group of Russians lobbying him on adoption than Hillary Clinton arranging for Russia to acquire a fifth of our uranium, you’re probably right. And it’s probably because, according to an analysis released last week, the Trump Jr. story received […]

Megyn Kelly may have been a ratings powerhouse at Fox News, but without the support of her loyal conservative audience, her new show on NBC, Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, limped into third place in total viewers, finishing behind a rerun of 60 Minutes. Kelly and 60 Minutes—which finished second—both lost out to Jimmy Kimmel Live Game […]

Scott Pelley, who couldn’t lift the CBS Evening News out of its perennial third-place ratings finish, is being replaced, according to news reports. Pelley, who has been with CBS since 1989, will remain with the network as a full-time correspondent for “60 Minutes.” CBS is expected to make an official announcement this week and will reportedly […]

Oprah Winfrey has been hired by CBS News as a special contributor to “60 Minutes,” the show’s executive producer Jeff Fager announced this morning via a press release. “There is only one Oprah Winfrey,” said Fager. “She has achieved excellence in everything she has touched. Her body of work is extraordinary, including thousands of interviews […]

From CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ transcript from this past week on the rising violence and death toll in Chicago: Brian Warner is a former Chicago cop. He was shot in 2011. Now Warner counsels officers suffering from extreme stress. He explained what a dozen beat cops told us off-camera: they had stepped back. Brian Warner: You […]

One day after her interview with President-elect Donald Trump on 60 Minutes, veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl appeared on CBS This Morning and said that Trump doesn’t like the the media much, and blames them for whipping up the anti-Trump protesters. “He has a deep animosity to the press, and he feels we are […]