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realitytea.compolitics31 days ago
Scott Pelley Fired From 60 Minutes After Public Clash With Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss Over Minneapolis Protester Segment
The 68-year-old correspondent, who spent 37 years at CBS News, said editor-in-chief Bari Weiss requested changes to a February segment on the January shooting of Minneapolis protester Renee Good.
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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley After Dispute With New Executive Producer
CBS News terminated longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday following a verbal exchange with executive producer Nick Bilton. Staff members described low morale and uncertainty about future staffing at the newsmagazine.
ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.compolitics35 days ago
CBS Fires Scott Pelley for Insubordination After He Attacked New 60 Minutes Leadership at Staff Meeting
CBS dismissed correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday night for insubordination, according to new executive producer Nick Bilton. The move follows the departure or dismissal of several other 60 Minutes staff members in recent weeks.
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Scott Pelley Attacks Bari Weiss’s Leadership of '60 Minutes' at CBS Staff Meeting
CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley accused Bari Weiss of trying to kill the long-running program during a Monday staff meeting. The remarks came amid recent departures of correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi.
eonline.compolitics58 days ago
CBS News Editor Assigns Netanyahu Interview to Chief White House Correspondent
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss assigned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first major U.S. broadcast interview since the Iran war to Major Garrett rather than longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl. Stahl had spent months pursuing the interview. The decis…