Capitulation 60 Minutes: The Real-Time Collapse of a Network Under Autocracy

When the Sunday institution that once took down tobacco execs folds to appease a man who sues over interview edits, we’re not watching journalism, we’re watching surrender.

For over half a century, 60 Minutes was the beating heart of American investigative journalism. Presidents ducked their interviews. CEOs dreaded their knocks. They chased war criminals, uncovered lies, and shamed power into accountability.

But now? Now it caves, not to law, not to ethics, not even to ratings, but to the whims of a man so thin-skinned he …