Right-Wing Religious Zealot Unveiled as New Star of '60 Minutes'

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Posted on AllSides August 2, 2026

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Conservative Catholic writer Ross Douthat has been hired as a 60 Minutes correspondent in the latest major shakeup from MAGA-curious CBS News boss Bari Weiss.

Nick Bilton, the 49-year-old TV news virgin whom Weiss hired as the show's executive producer, announced that Douthat—another TV news virgin—will attempt to fill the shoes of fired

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