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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-03T15:07:19.000Z",
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  "textContent": "“The principles I hold dear are gone,” 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley said after getting fired Tuesday night for criticizing Bari Weiss’ leadership at CBS News the day before as submitting to President Donald Trump’s whims. “And so I must leave.” In his statement, he detailed how the program’s new management repeatedly instructed him to […]",
  "title": "“The Waste Is Heartbreaking”: Fired Scott Pelley Accuses CBS of Courting Trump in Scathing Letter"
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