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Scott Pelley Criticizes CBS News Leadership Under Bari Weiss

Former '60 Minutes' veteran Scott Pelley has strongly criticized CBS News leadership under Bari Weiss, stating the network is 'on fire' and accusing her of incompetence and subtle political bias. Pelley, who was fired from '60 Minutes,' called for Weiss's removal from her position.

7 Jun, 11:11 — 7 Jun, 22:00
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NYTMostly Factual43d ago

5 Takeaways From Scott Pelley’s Times Magazine Interview

Mr. Pelley, who was at CBS News for 37 years, including as a White House correspondent and a “60 Minutes” correspondent, spoke in his first extended interview since he was fired.

By Adeel Hassan

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The GuardianMostly Factual43d ago

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’

Anchor who was fired accuses CBS chief of interfering with report because it echoed what Trump said of the shooting Fired CBS 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has accused editorial management at his old network of interfering with a broadcast segment looking at an immigration officer’s killing of Minneapolis protester Renee Good in January. The veteran broadcaster, who was recently dismissed from the show, said CBS News’s editor-in-chief Bari Weiss had sent an email to his supervisor requesting...

By Edward Helmore

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Fox NewsMixed42d ago

Scott Pelley says CBS News is ‘on fire’ after Bari Weiss takeover and ‘60 Minutes’ bloodbath

Scott Pelley accuses CBS News leadership of political bias and incompetence in his first sit-down interview since being fired from the network.

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Business InsiderMostly Factual43d ago

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss is putting a 'thumb on the scale' for Trump's version of events at CBS News

Former "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley spoke about Bari Weiss on "The Interview." CBS Photo Archive/Francine Orr/Getty Images Scott Pelley said Bari Weiss is putting a "thumb on the scale" for the Trump administration's version of events at CBS News. CBS News fired Pelley after he clashed with a "60 Minutes" executive producer and criticized Weiss. Weiss took over CBS News after Paramount-Skydance acquired her former outlet, The Free Press. Fired "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pel...

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The IndependentMostly Factual43d ago

‘CBS News is on fire’: Fired 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley gives brutal assessment of network under Bari Weiss

Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says he believes CBS News boss Bari Weiss needs to be replaced

By Isabel Keane

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varietyMostly Factual43d ago

Scott Pelley Presses Paramount to Remove CBS News Chief Bari Weiss: ‘CBS News is On Fire’

Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley suggested in an interview with The New York Times that CBS News parent Paramount Skydance remove Bari Weiss as the leader of the news division, alleging in an emotional exchange that “television’s not her thing” and her inexperience with the medium and her belief that mainstream media is biased […]

By Brian Steinberg

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hollywood-reporterMostly Factual43d ago

Scott Pelley Details Events Leading Up to His ’60 Minutes’ Firing, Calls for Removal of Bari Weiss at CBS News Amid “Subtle Political Bias”: “CBS News Is on Fire”

"We need adult supervision and at the moment we don’t have it," he told The New York Times in his first interview since his dismissal. "We have people who’ve been installed in these jobs who through no fault of their own have no experience in television. They don’t know what they’re doing."

By Kimberly Nordyke

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deadlineMostly Factual43d ago

Scott Pelley, In First Interview Since ’60 Minutes’ Firing, Accuses CBS News Brass Of “Subtle Political Bias,” Says They “Don’t Know What They’re Doing”

In his first interview since his firing from 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley said that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and the network’s leadership are engaged in “subtle political bias” to influence the show, while he said that the brass “don’t know what they’re doing.” In an interview with The New York Times podcaster […]

By Ted Johnson

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tmzMixed43d ago

Scott Pelley Compares Being Fired To His Spouse Being Murdered

Scott Pelley is opening up about his dramatic exit from CBS News ... and he’s not holding back on the emotion, comparing his firing from "60 Minutes" to his spouse being murdered. In a new interview with The New York Times, the longtime news…

By TMZ Staff

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