CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly addressed the firing of Scott Pelley in a morning call. First reported by The Guardian’s Jeremy Barr on X, the Weiss…
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss defended the firing of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, telling staff that a breakdown in “trust and mutual respect” left the network with no choice but to part ways with one of its most prominent journalists. “I’m only interested in working in a newsroom built on trust and mutual…
Reinvention doesn't have to mean replacement. The challenge for Weiss now is figuring out how to harness that expertise rather than alienate it. And the firing of Scott Pelley raises the stakes considerably.
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…
Fired “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley unloaded on CBS News head Bari Weiss in a statement on Wednesday morning after it was reported she told staffers the network tried to mend fences with the distinguished correspondent.According to the New York Times, the controversial Weiss met with Pelley to go over his criticism of her tenure and for pointing…
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss lost her initial battle against the staff of 60 Minutes. That was back in December, when she blocked the airing of a segment that highlighted the inhumane treatment at an El Salvador prison of Venezuelan men who had been deported from the United States and sent there. Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent who reported the…
The veteran host had accused leadership of "murdering" the news show in a confrontation at a staff meeting this week.
Pelley, who spent 37 years at CBS News, said "60 Minutes" had “lost its DNA” following the recent ouster of top producers and correspondents.
Nick Bilton, the newly installed executive producer of "60 Minutes," has fired Scott Pelley after the veteran anchor assailed him in front of staff members during a meeting on Bilton's first day on the job.Why it matters: The leaked exchange showed how little confidence top talent has in the new management team at "60 Minutes" and CBS News. Pelley told…
