A newsroom firestorm has erupted at CBS News after editor-in-chief Bari Weiss made the eleventh‑hour call on Sunday to shelve a 60 Minutes report that was critical of President Donald Trump. 60 Minutes staff aired their grievances at a staff meeting on Monday,

For more than five decades, 60 Minutes has covered it all — from headline news to quiet human stories — fit neatly in one hour. Now in the digital age, we have more time and use novel approaches to report the news.

There was a time when “60 Minutes” was all but required Sunday night viewing in American households. This was long ago, when viewing options were limited to what was airing on NBC, ABC and CBS until Fox came on the scene in 1986. Even then, Sunday ...