Scott, You're Fired: Longtime CBS News Reporter and 60 Minutes Host Has Been Fired
It was a tough meeting this morning, ending with
long-time CBS News reporter and 60 Minutes co-host Scott Pelley being
shown the door. He was fired after a complete meltdown over the changes
at the network led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. Amy had the story this morning.
#SCOOP:
Scott Pelley had a meeting with CBS News leadership at 5pm ET to
discuss a path forward after his protest in 60 Minutes all-hands. The
two sides did not find common ground and it now seems likely he will
either resign or be fired, though neither has happened yet.
UPDATE:
Scott Pelley called out Bari Weiss, saying in the meeting: "She’s
murdering 60 mins. She does not love this place. She was brought in to
kill it and is doing exactly that." https://t.co/FUgJLPYae5
The
Left and the legacy media are very unhappy that former New York Times
Editor and Free Press founder Bari Weiss is calling the shots at CBS
now. They've been complaining about her for a while, claiming she's
going to turn the network and its most prominent shows — '60 Minutes'
and the 'CBS Evening News' — into propaganda for the Trump
administration.
That's incredibly revealing, of course, because
Weiss, who is not a conservative, is going to do no such thing. What she
expects is a fair and balanced approach to news stories that show both
sides. The Left is so entrenched in believing the legacy media exist
solely as propagandists and stenographers for the DNC that even a slight
shift to neutrality is considered kowtowing to Republicans.
Scott
Pelley, who has been a reporter with CBS for more than three decades,
reportedly had an explosive meeting with Weiss and Nick Bilton, who has
been asked to head up '60 Minutes' under Weiss. Pelley's meltdown came
at a staff meeting in which Pelley accused Weiss of 'murdering' the
program and told Bilton he would never be welcomed at the network.
This
marks the end of the network's red wedding moment, where top producer
and reporter Cecilia Vega was fired. Of course, everyone acted as if it
were a Soviet-style media takeover. Sorry, kids, you can’t push your DNC
talking points at will anymore (via NY Post):
BREAK: CBS News officially fired Sharyn Alfonsi on Thursday morning. She is no longer an at-will employee. https://t.co/ptkMXRBqZG
Some
news: I'm told that 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley had a heated
meeting this morning with new executive producer Nick Bilton and another
company executive, pushing back strongly on last Thursday's firings.
(Pelley, notably, gave a shout-out to Sharyn Alfonsi at the…
“60
Minutes” correspondent Cecilia Vega accused CBS News of “censorship,”
saying she fears for the future of the network, after she was fired by
editor-in-chief Bari Weiss in a bloodbath of top producers and
reporters.
Vega sounded off … on social media about her firing —
which came even though her contract was not set to expire until next
March — after three years with the storied newsmagazine.
“I have
the utmost respect and admiration for my colleagues at ’60 Minutes’ and
the stories that air every Sunday,” the journo wrote on Instagram. “But I
very much fear what comes next for and the future of the legendary
broadcast.”
Though her blistering note did not mention Weiss by
name, Vega claimed that network leadership “in recent months” has
attempted to “insert political bias into our stories” and erode
editorial independence at “60 Minutes.”
It’s not an erosion of editorial independence when they’re trying to
prevent you from lying, Cecilia. You’re gone, so sayonara. Also, it
kills me that people think Weiss is some MAGA acolyte. She is decidedly
not that—she’s a classic liberal. You may smear her that way because she
doesn’t toe the woke line like you clowns, but a conservative she is
not.
It seems Pelley knew he couldn’t stay there, so he went out with a bang.
UPDATE: This really was a mess:
More: Nick Bilton's letter to CBS News:
Team,
You should hear this from me first. We have parted ways with Scott Pelley.
I
know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don't say this lightly.
I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the
weekend,…
You
should hear this from me first. We have parted ways with Scott Pelley.I
know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don't say this lightly.
I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the
weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground.
That
was not the path Scott chose.What I regret most is that this situation
interfered with the conversation I had hoped to have with you about
Season 59 and the future of this show. I realize this is a great deal of
change in a very short time, and I wouldn't pretend otherwise.
I
won't relitigate the last week with you here. What I will commit to is
this: My unyielding support for each of you, the journalism that you do
and what we will do together going forward.
Nick
More backstory:
NEW: Backstory on the drama at CBS News tonight...
Bari
Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR invited Scott Pelley to a
meeting at 5pm ET tonight to discuss a path forward after his vocal
protest earlier this week in the 60 Minutes all-hands.
Backstory
on the drama at CBS News tonight...Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom
Cibrowski, and CBS HR invited Scott Pelley to a meeting at 5pm ET
tonight to discuss a path forward after his vocal protest earlier this
week in the 60 Minutes all-hands.
The two sides did not find
common ground. Bari & Co. were left with sense that Scott was not
open minded about reaching detente; meanwhile, Scott maintained strong
frustrations with leadership.
Scott left meeting and was told
they'd have an update on his employment in a matter of minutes...
instead, Bari and her team deliberated for several hours.
At
around 9:30 p.m., Nick Bilton, the new 60 Minutes E.P., sent this letter
to Scott (see tweet below) in which he tells him he has been terminated
"for cause."
He also sent a memo to staff (see tweet below
that).The language in Nick's memo suggests a legal fight coming. No
response yet from Pelley.
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