Sharyn Alfonsi, whose segment on a brutal Salvadoran prison was pulled abruptly in December, said that CBS News and its top editor, Bari Weiss, had let her contract expire.

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Readers will miss Stephen Colbert’s “joy, wit, nonsense and sanity,” in the words of one writer. Also: President Trump’s fund; Kash Patel’s snorkeling trip; Meta’s retort.

In shutting down a 33-year late-night franchise, CBS is assenting to its own diminishment.