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'60 Minutes' Veteran Sharyn Alfonsi Speaks Out Against 'Meddling' At CBS News

"60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi criticized “the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear” at CBS News after receiving the Ridenhour prize for courage at the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday evening, the Guardian  reports. Alfonsi mentioned an incident last December when she was directed to change her segment on Venezuelans who were sent to the Cecot prison in El Salvador, and said it is unclear whether she will keep her job after pushing back. The segment never ran.

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