{"id":67932,"date":"2026-05-12T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/67932\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:25:10","slug":"bari-weiss-handed-60-minutes-netanyahu-interview-to-major-garrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/67932\/","title":{"rendered":"Bari Weiss Handed 60 Minutes Netanyahu Interview to Major Garrett"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS News\u2019\u00a0Major Garrett earned a heap<\/a> of praise<\/a> for his interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d\u00a0the leader\u2019s first U.S. broadcast interview since the war in Iran again.<\/p>\n

But, according to Status<\/a>, the network\u2018s chief Washington correspondent wasn\u2019t always set to speak with Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss booked the CBS News interview with Netanyahu and gave it to Garrett, choosing to then air it on \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d\u00a0The move rankled staff at the highly rated newsmagazine, according to Status, as Garrett is not a correspondent for the show and longtime correspondent Lesley Stahl and her team had been trying to book Netanyahu themselves.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s the editor in chief\u2019s job to make decisions about bookings and interviews,\u201d\u00a0a CBS News spokesperson told TheWrap. \u201cMajor is a world-class journalist and did a tough, fair and newsmaking interview.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move is the latest intervention into the newsmagazine by Weiss, who is reportedly set to overhaul the show<\/a> once its current season ends in a shake-up that could see at least one correspondent, Sharyn Alfonsi, leave the program.<\/p>\n

Weiss\u2019 roughly seven-month tenure leading CBS News has seen her temporarily hold an Alfonsi-led \u201c60 Minutes\u201d\u00a0segment <\/a>critical of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration efforts and delay an Anderson Cooper-led segment<\/a> focused on the administration\u2019s decision to accept white refugees from South Africa, two instances that rankled the show\u2019s team. Cooper said<\/a> he would leave the program after this season. <\/p>\n

It was also the second time Weiss had secured an interview herself and dispatched Garrett to conduct it, according to Status. A March \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made CBS News his most frequent broadcast destination<\/a>, was booked by Weiss and also given to Garrett, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

That move frustrated staff on the show, according to the outlet, but the Netanyahu episode brought it to a head due to Stahl\u2019s monthslong effort to secure the prime minister herself. The network reportedly considered another CBS News program to carry the interview, but due to Netanyahu only being available to tape on Saturday, Weiss ultimately decided to slot it on \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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