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Anderson Cooper Signs Off '60 Minutes' After 20 Years, Hailing the Program's 'Independence' and 'Trust it Has With Viewers'

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Anderson Cooper Signs Off ’60 Minutes’ After 20 Years, Hailing the Program’s ‘Independence’ and ‘Trust it Has With Viewers’

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Anderson Cooper signed off of “60 Minutes” on Sunday with a salute to the newsmagazine’s editorial independence and longevity. He told viewers “I hope ’60 Minutes’ remains ’60 Minutes’ ” in a segment that wrapped up his 20-year run as a correspondent for the venerable program.

“There’s very few things that have been around for as long as ’60 Minutes’ has and [have been able to] maintain the quality that it has,” Cooper said. “Things can always evolve and change, and I think that’s awesome, and things should evolve and change, but I hope the core of what ’60 Minutes’ is always remains,” he said. “I think the independence of ’60 Minutes’ has been critical.”

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