(Undated) – Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS News is “on fire.” Pelley made the comment during an interview with The New York Times following his firing last week. He said there’s “a subtle political bias” that he’s never seen at ’60 Minutes’ or CBS News before. Pelley went on to say that he hopes the leadership at Paramount will “say to themselves, this isn’t working.”
He was dismissed after a heated exchange with new executive producer Nick Bilton during a staff meeting after almost 30 years with the program. During the meeting, Pelley reportedly criticized Bilton’s qualifications and accused CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of damaging the network.
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