{"id":2570463,"date":"2026-02-16T21:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anderson-cooper-announces-60-minutes-departure\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:04:55","slug":"anderson-cooper-announces-60-minutes-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anderson-cooper-announces-60-minutes-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Cooper announces 60 Minutes departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanderson-cooper-announces-60-minutes-departure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes after nearly two decades, saying he could not balance his duties there with his work at CNN and his family life. He will continue as a host on CNN, where he leads Anderson Cooper 360\u00b0, but will step away from 60 Minutes to spend more time with his young children. Cooper joined 60 Minutes in 2007 while maintaining his CNN role. His exit comes amid broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-wallace-lands-sunday-show-on-cnn-report\/\" title=\"Chris Wallace Lands Sunday Show On ...: Report\">shake-ups<\/a> at CBS under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, with layoffs and buy-outs as the network shifts toward a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oliver-anthony-strikes-a-chord-where-the-right-and-left-agree-our-failed-elites\/\" title=\"Oliver Anthony unites right and left: Our elites have failed.\">centrist political stance<\/a>.The article notes that Cooper\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-tells-white-house-staff-to-ignore-any-mentions-of-packing-for-departure\/\" title=\"President Trump Tells White House Staff to Ignore Any Mentions of Packing for Departure\">departure<\/a> is part of a larger reorganization of CBS News, even as he remains a prominent presence at CNN.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anderson Cooper announces 60 Minutes departure amid CBS shake-ups<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2164257\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>News anchor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anderson-cooper\/\">Anderson Cooper<\/a> is ending his tenure on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cbs-news\">CBS<\/a> investigative series <em>60 Minutes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After appearing on the program for nearly two decades, Cooper said in a statement announcing his resignation that ultimately he found it impossible to juggle his role at CBS with his job at CNN and his family life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4458835\/obama-jokes-aliens-are-real\/\">Obama jokes aliens are &#8216;real,&#8217; but are not held at Area 51<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4458496\/trump-says-dinner-with-bill-maher-was-a-waste-of-time\/\">Trump says dinner with Bill Maher was a &lsquo;waste of time&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4458469\/wasserman-sell-talent-agency-distraction-epstein-files\/\">Casey Wasserman to sell his talent agency after becoming &#8216;distraction&#8217; due to Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Being a correspondent at 60 Minutes has been one of the great honors of my career. I got to tell <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >amazing stories<\/a>, and work with some of the best producers, editors, and camera crews in the business,&rdquo; Cooper wrote in a statement about his departure. &ldquo;For nearly twenty years, I&rsquo;ve been able to balance my jobs at CNN and CBS, but I have little kids now and I want to spend as much time with them as possible, while they still want to spend time with me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journalist Anderson Cooper arrives for the trial of former President Donald Trump at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Thursday, May 16, 2024.  (Steven Hirsch\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cooper is among the few high-profile journalists in broadcast television to hold lasting positions at two major networks at the same time. He joined <em>60 Minutes<\/em> in 2007, while still maintaining his role as host of <em>Anderson Cooper 360&deg;<\/em> on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Despite leaving CBS, Cooper will remain a host on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest in a series of shake-ups at the legacy news station since the arrival of Bari Weiss, who took over as editor-in-chief last October.<\/p>\n<p>Under Weiss&rsquo;s leadership, the company has conducted several rounds of layoffs and buy-outs as it attempts to restructure and pivot toward the political center.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4428750\/israel-airstrike-kills-three-journalists-gaza-cbs\/\">ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS THREE JOURNALISTS IN GAZA, INCLUDING CBS FREELANCER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weiss received internal pushback after choosing to hold a <em>60 Minutes<\/em> program about conditions in El Salvador&rsquo;s megaprison, CECOT, demanding that reporters get comments from a White House official for the show.<\/p>\n<p>The segment, which detailed inmates&rsquo; accounts of &ldquo;torture, sexual and physical abuse inside CECOT, one of El Salvador&rsquo;s harshest prisons,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4423854\/60-minutes-airs-pulled-cecot-segment-few-changes\/\">eventually aired weeks later<\/a> with few changes to its content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper exits 60 Minutes amid CBS shakeups<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2570464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24137501499586.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[73912,10045,4133,73913],"class_list":["post-2570463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-anderson-cooper-2","tag-departure","tag-news","tag-sixty-minutes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24137501499586.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570467,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570463\/revisions\/2570467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}