And then there were three. CBS News has terminated “60 Minutes” veteran Scott Pelley after the journalist and executives felt they could not find a way to work together following a heated public argument Monday between Pelley and Nick Bilton, the former tech journalist installed last week by editorial chief Bari Weiss. Pelley is the […]

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EXCLUSIVE: “I have been in this business a long time, and I have never seen anything this bad,” a CBS News insider told Deadline on Wednesday amid the fallout of recent firings at 60 Minutes and accusations of political interference at the Bari Weiss-ruled division. After a verbal dust-up this week between 60 Minutes correspondent […]

Fired 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley hasn’t quoted poet John Masefield in any of his scathing statements since embattled CBS News chief Bari Weiss and new newsmagazine EP Nick Bilton canned him for rejecting their regime earlier this week. However, the ex-Evening News anchor sure captured the spirit of the past British Poet Laureate’s famous […]

FCC Chair Brendan Carr took to social media earlier today to slam erstwhile 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after the longtime broadcast journalist told The New York Times the idea of being fired following his tense confrontation with the newsmagazine was “the furthest thing from my mind.” “One of the reasons why trust in media […]

As the fallout continues over Scott Pelley’s firing from 60 Minutes and CBS News, his former colleague at the newsmagazine, Steve Kroft, spoke his mind about the turmoil at the show and the division. “This is journalistic interference,” he told Geoff Bennett during an interview Wednesday on PBS NewsHour. “It makes no business sense whatsoever. […]

UPDATED 6:37 PM: Scott Pelley was fired from 60 Minutes and CBS News on Tuesday evening, days after a verbal confrontation with the show’s new executive producer in which the veteran correspondent blasted the news division leadership. “Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard […]

No room this summer on David Geffen’s mega-yacht, Rising Sun? Oligarchs and moguls needn’t worry, there’s always July in Sun Valley – Allen & Co.’s annual leadership retreat for media and tech barons in Idaho. The “billionaire summer camp” has long been the scene for trust falls and starry panels, while the real gamesmanship of […]

Sharyn Alfonsi, a veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who has worked on the venerable newsmagazine since 2015, said Wednesday she believes CBS News has removed her from the program after she raised issues about the way Bari Weiss, the news division’s editor in chief, handled an Alfonsi report about how the U.S. deported Venezuelan men to […]

Scott Pelley responded to Bari Weiss’ characterization of a final meeting he had with her and other top CBS News executives, saying that she and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski were “openly hostile from the start.” Earlier on Wednesday, Weiss addressed Pelley’s termination on a staff call, contending that after they tried to engage with […]

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 […]

Unemployment looks good on former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, who took to Instagram on Saturday to thank his fans for their support after the program’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, fired him after an explosive confrontation. “To all of you who have been so kind, you are the wind in my sails. So deeply […]