{"id":311622,"date":"2026-06-04T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=60-minutes-shakeup-continues"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:13:20","slug":"60-minutes-shakeup-continues","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/60-minutes-shakeup-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Minutes\u00a0shakeup\u00a0continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Major shakeup at 60 Minutes<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Pentagon bars reporters from its press office<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Maine Monitor introduces hyperlocal political coverage<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Federal agencies\u2019\u00a0X accounts are getting more engagement under Trump<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longtime\u00a0<strong>60 Minutes\u00a0<\/strong>correspondent\u00a0<strong>Scott Pelley<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/media\/cbs-news-bari-weiss-addresses-unfortunate-firing-scott-pelley-rcna348245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was fired on Tuesday<\/a>, a day after a heated\u00a0meeting in which Pelley criticized <strong>CBS News<\/strong> Editor-in-Chief <strong>Bari Weiss, <\/strong>accused her of \u202f\u201cmurdering\u201d the program, and questioned the qualifications of newly installed executive producer <strong>Nick Bilton. <\/strong>Weiss last week replaced 60 Minutes executive producer Tanya Simon and dismissed correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weiss\u00a0has\u00a0reportedly expressed\u00a0the view that 60 Minutes (which has been on the air since 1968)\u00a0needs an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/media\/60-minutes-cbs-news-nick-bilton-bari-weiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overhaul for the digital era<\/a>.\u00a0Americans who get news from CBS News tend to be older, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center study<\/a>. The average age of Americans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/08\/28\/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-by-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who get news from CBS<\/a>\u00a0is 58.\u00a0And while almost half of U.S. adults ages 65 and older (46%) say they\u00a0regularly get news from CBS, only <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/cbs_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19% of\u00a0those\u00a0under 30<\/a>\u00a0do\u00a0the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Pentagon\u00a0<\/strong>designates\u00a0press office as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pentagon-media-restrictions-trump-hegseth-91bae8b82d16b96091f31518cc4d4c72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">off-limits to journalists<\/a>, calling it \u201cclassified space\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Lawsuit alleges\u00a0<strong>Pentagon<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/06\/03\/pentagon-is-censoring-military-newspaper-stars-stripes-lawsuit-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censoring military newspaper <\/a><strong>Stars and Stripes<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>NPR<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/current.org\/2026\/06\/overhauled-npr-dues-model-provides-incentives-for-closer-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change its dues model<\/a>\u00a0for member stations, basing them on <strong>broadcast reach\u00a0<\/strong>as opposed to<strong>\u00a0donor revenue<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jerseyvindicator.org\/2026\/06\/01\/journalists-swept-up-in-delaney-hall-crackdown-as-press-freedom-concerns-mount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journalists detained<\/a>\u00a0at<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>New Jersey<strong>\u00a0immigration detention center protests<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Minnesota Star Tribune\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2026\/06\/03\/star-tribune-planning-job-cuts-exploring-new-ownership-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut staff<\/a>\u00a0and explore nonprofit ownership model\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Federal judge rules that\u00a0<strong>political news site NOTUS <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/02\/business\/media\/notus-washington-star-trademark-dispute.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cannot rebrand as The Star<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Interrupted\u00a0<strong>White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/strong> dinner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/02\/business\/media\/white-house-correspondents-dinner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rescheduled for July 24<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>An interview with\u00a0<strong>Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh,\u00a0<\/strong>who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/meet-the-accidental-editor-in-chief-of-muslim-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim news content<\/a>\u00a0with millions of followers\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Regulator says\u00a0<strong>U.K.\u00a0publishers\u00a0<\/strong>can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c775pp26yz5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">choose not to appear <\/a>in\u00a0<strong>Google AI Overviews<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.me\/story\/sudans-journalists-are-reporting-a-war-they-cant-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenges journalists face<\/a>\u00a0covering the\u00a0<strong>war in Sudan<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Maine Monitor,\u00a0<\/strong>a nonprofit newsroom founded in 2020, is expanding to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2026\/06\/with-monitor-local-the-maine-monitor-expands-to-civic-news-written-by-local-residents-for-rural-counties\/\">include hyperlocal political reporting<\/a>, looking to cover\u00a0<strong>local government in rural areas\u00a0<\/strong>where there is \u201clittle to no journalism.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>This growth will involve training community members\u00a0as\u00a0Monitor Local correspondents.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>About two-thirds of Americans (68%) say they often or sometimes get news about local government and politics. But\u00a0<strong>just a quarter of those who get news about this topic are extremely or very satisfied with its quality, <\/strong>according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/07\/24\/how-americans-get-local-political-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Center survey<\/a>.\u00a0Additionally, fewer than half of U.S. adults say it is\u00a0very easy\u00a0(17%) or somewhat easy\u00a0(28%) to find the information they need to make voting decisions in local elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s chart comes from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/06\/01\/federal-agency-x-accounts-are-getting-far-more-engagement-in-the-second-trump-term-than-under-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent analysis<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>X accounts\u00a0operated\u00a0by federal agencies,\u00a0<\/strong>which are getting far more audience engagement in the second Trump administration than they did during the final year of the Biden administration. For example, the median\u00a0number of total likes and reposts\u00a0per <strong>@WhiteHouse<\/strong>\u00a0post\u00a0more than quadrupled from\u00a0the last year of Biden&#8217;s term\u00a0to\u00a0the first year of\u00a0Trump\u2019s\u00a0second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f3f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f3f3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1136\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/federal_agencies_are_getting_far_more_x_engagement_under_trump_than_biden.png?resize=480,879 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/federal_agencies_are_getting_far_more_x_engagement_under_trump_than_biden.png?resize=620,1136 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/06\/federal_agencies_are_getting_far_more_x_engagement_under_trump_than_biden.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-310851 not-transparent\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Christopher St. Aubin, Emily Tomasik, Joanne Haner, and Sawyer Reed. 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