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Has there ever been an office email that oozed more contempt for management than the one sent to staff by surviving 60 Minutes correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim? “We feared that our returning might be construed as an endorsement of the existing power structure,” they wrote last week. “That is simply, categorically not the case.” Still “deeply upset” over the firings of respected leaders Tanya Simon and Draggan Mihailovich, they continued: “As far as we can tell—because no explanation has ever been offered, they were expelled because they fought for our 60 Minutes values and stood up to protect our independence and integrity. Newsrooms are not supposed to be run like dictatorships.”