Sharyl Attkisson

And it would never air.

And that was the story of people.

I don't know if it was people connected at a higher level that didn't want these stories to air, you know, that were outside the lobbying CBS.

No, I don't.

I believe that most likely, based on my experience, they were trying to make the stories more balanced and fair.

And the culture among some at CBS, and I think it's gotten worse since I left, was not to do so.

And I think they don't understand or came to not understand the very basic tenets of journalism, which I worked really hard.

Not that I always understood this, but I really tried to grow and understand and listen to criticism over the years.

Showing the other side of a story, even if you strongly believe in one side you're telling, does not weaken the story.

It strengthens the story.

Even if you're a liberal and you're telling a liberal perspective, the liberals in the audience actually appreciate knowing what the other side of the argument is.

And I think Barry Weiss is simply trying to tug CBS News back a little bit closer to the center.

But the inmates have been running that asylum for a long time, and they're not going to go down quietly down this new path.

I think so.

I think it's got a huge name.

I think the name 60 Minutes is bigger than any personality that's been there in recent years.

It hasn't been the 60 Minutes that we knew, Glenn, since they lost all the originals.

So it's always been something that's in transition in the past 10, 20, 25 years.

And yes, I think the name survives the personalities and they still do some, as I heard someone note, many of their stories that are unrelated to these political slants that you're talking about

are great stories.