Cecilia Vega of 60 Minutes says she felt pressure from CBS to add ‘political bias’
Cecilia Vega, then of ABC News, asks Donald Trump a question on 1 October 2018. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAView image in fullscreenCecilia Vega, then of ABC News, asks Donald Trump a question on 1 October 2018. Her comments were first reported by Status.“I’ve gone head-to-head with editors for 25 years in this business,” Vega said, according to the New York Times.
- ▪Cecilia Vega, then of ABC News, asks Donald Trump a question on 1 October 2018.
- ▪Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAView image in fullscreenCecilia Vega, then of ABC News, asks Donald Trump a question on 1 October 2018.
- ▪Her comments were first reported by Status.“I’ve gone head-to-head with editors for 25 years in this business,” Vega said, according to the New York Times.
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Cecilia Vega, then of ABC News, asks Donald Trump a question on 1 October 2018. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAView image in fullscreenCecilia Vega, then of ABC News, asks Donald Trump a question on 1 October 2018. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAUS newsCecilia Vega of 60 Minutes says she felt pressure from CBS to add ‘political bias’Vega made remarks to ABC’s John Quiñones at National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference Uwa Ede-OsifoSat 25 Jul 2026 14.08 EDTLast modified on Sat 25 Jul 2026 14.09 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleCecilia Vega, the former 60 Minutes correspondent, said Thursday she felt pressured by CBS News’s executives to incorporate “political bias” into segments for the broadcast program.Vega made the remarks during an onstage interview with John Quiñones, the…
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