60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley fired by CBS News after clash

submitted by Powderhorn to usnews 26 points | 3 comments https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/02/scott-pelley-60-minutes-cbs-news > Scott Pelley, one of the most well-known and respected journalists in broadcast journalism, has been fired by CBS News after clashing with network brass over last week’s severe round of cuts at 60 Minutes, the show he has worked on since 2004, the Guardian confirmed. > > While changes were long expected at 60 Minutes, CBS News management shocked staffers last week by firing the network’s executive producer, executive editor and two correspondents, Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi, without giving a specific reason for their terminations. > > During an extremely heated meeting on Monday morning with the show’s newly appointed executive editor Nick Bilton, along with another CBS News executive, Pelley rebuked Bari Weiss, the longtime opinion commentator who joined the network in October as editor-in-chief. > > “She’s murdering 60 Minutes,” Pelley said, as first reported by the Guardian. “She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that.” > > A source close to the network said that executives had attempted to meet with Pelley after the terminations on Thursday, to no avail. > > Ultimately, Pelley met with Weiss and fellow executives on Tuesday, and she conveyed that his behavior was inappropriate. Pelley then told members of the show’s staff that he expected to be terminated, sources said. Hey, I wish I could have been fired for having a spine instead of finally tucking tail after watching journalism fall apart in print six years ago (when things were still better compared with today, but that’s a low fucking bar). CBS literally fired a widely recognized, longstanding pillar of the network for speaking truth to power internally. It speaks volumes about how much of that they’ll tolerate both inside and outside of the newsroom going forward. This is no longer a news organization (hope you were sitting down); it is agitprop for a lawless junta. All journalists can see this, but some would prefer a paycheck over integrity, which is a moral failing. Pelley has integrity. For this, he was fired.