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'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired after criticizing CBS execs

CBS News has fired "60 Minutes" veteran Scott Pelley after a heated meeting where the correspondent condemned new CBS leadership, according to reports.

USA TODAY

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Fired Scott Pelley breaks silence with bombshell claim: CBS ordered him to put lies on air

Scott Pelley, the veteran CBS News correspondent fired this week after publicly accusing network leadership of "murdering" 60 Minutes, issued a formal statement Tuesday night detailing what he says drove him out — and the allegations are specific."New management has instructed me to inject falsehood...

Raw Story

Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/business/media/scott-pelley-cbs-bari-weiss.html

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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’

Mr. Pelley, a former “CBS Evening News” anchor, was ousted after months of tensions between staff and Bari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief.

The New York Times