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CBS News fires '60 Minutes' blowhard Scott Pelley after he dumps on Bari Weiss

Jun 3, 2026Right

Scott Pelley, a 68-year-old liberal who claimed in a commencement speech last year that "you only lose if you quit," has been a fixture at CBS News since 1989.Although he was ousted as the anchor of "CBS Evening News" in 2017 — allegedly because he complained "to management about the hostile work environment," though his ratings also stank — Pelley clung…

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