Lesley Stahl Would Never Quit 60 Minutes Despite Bari Weiss Flap, Sources Say Sources say Lesley Stahl will not leave 60 Minutes despite privately mulling quitting over Bari Weiss's hands-on editing of her West Bank segment. CBS News denies any rift. Lesley Stahl would never quit CBS News' 60 Minutes despite a report that she privately mulled leaving the show after a flap with network Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, sources told The Post on Tuesday. Weiss and her deputy Charles Forelle became very, very hands on editing Stahl's segment examining Israeli settlers in the West Bank, prompting Stahl to consider quitting, the Status newsletter reported Monday night. Status reported that Forelle suggested tabling the segment, but Stahl strongly objected and got her way with the piece, which aired Sunday. CBS News called Status' report ludicrous, adding that Stahl's West Bank segment went through a rigorous editorial process.Lesley Stahl Addsicted To 60 Minutes SpotlightThe 84-year-old journalist would never quit the show, insiders said. She's not going anywhere, said one CBS insider, who said Stahl is addicted to being on the newsmagazine. The person explained that Stahl, like most other TV anchors, craves the spotlight. It's her life, the source said.What's she going to do, give lectures like former correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi? The source was referring to a Columbia Journalism School lecture series by Stahl's former colleagues, now journalists in residence there, noting the duo have become irrelevant. Another source noted that Stahl previously signed a two-year deal with CBS News to remain at the show after Weiss joined. She renewed that deal despite weathering a tumultuous period in which the show was revamped.Skydance Owner Assures Editorial IndependenceDavid Ellison, the owner of CBS News parent Skydance, called Stahl personally. He assured her that the company would respect the editorial independence of 60 Minutes. If she didn't leave then, she ain't gonna leave now, one insider told The Post. Regardless of whether Stahl privately sounded off about potentially quitting, her dustup with Weiss, a self-described Zionist fanatic, appeared to reveal a shift in the power dynamic at CBS News, sources opined.Bari is caught between a rock and a hard place, and Lesley knows that, one insider said, pointing to Weiss' row last year with Alfonsi over a story about President Trump's controversial deportation of illegal immigrants to the high-security El Salvadoran prison CECOT. Weiss shelved that segment in December and did not renew Alfonsi's contract in the aftermath. In Stahl's case, sources noted, Weiss opted not to hold the West Bank piece.Weiss Faces Pressure After Correspondent RowThey speculated the editor didn't want more bad press or headaches for her boss. The firings came as correspondents griped that Weiss had injected bias into their reports, which CBS News strongly denied. Stahl and the remaining veteran 60 Minutes correspondents, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim, have continued on the show. As previously reported, the decision appeared to call Weiss' future at Skydance into question, with some speculating about her standing.Others have suggested she would remain in her current role, but it is not clear how she would work with Thompson. I assume she got the message that she needs to tone things down, said a former CBS exec. I don't believe Ellison wants to be dragged deeper into every little upset at the network. Weiss has been in the spotlight since Skydance merged CBS-parent Paramount and CNN-parent Warner.