CBS News fires Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’ after he criticizes management
He reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was ‘murdering the show’ and accused its new producer of having ‘slender qualifications’ for the job
CBS News fires Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’ after he criticizes management
He reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was ‘murdering the show’ and accused its new producer of having ‘slender qualifications’ for the job Grouped from 6 articles across 6 sources.
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CBS fires Scott Pelley after clash over ‘60 Minutes’
Sacking escalates bitter confrontation between newsroom and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley fired by CBS News after clash
Move comes after meeting in which Pelley said network chief Bari Weiss was ‘murdering’ news show 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. Continue reading...
US broadcaster CBS fires 60 Minutes’s Scott Pelley after clash with bosses
Veteran journalist's dismissal comes after he reportedly accused management of 'murdering' influential news programme.
CBS fires veteran correspondent Scott Pelley amid turmoil over direction of '60 Minutes'
CBS News has fired high-profile "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley amid debate about the direction of the show, a mainstay of the network.
CBS News fires Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes, sources say
His termination came amid media reports that he accused CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” 60 Minutes.
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