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“For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

Scott Pelley’s statement on Instagram: hxxps://www.instagram.com/p/DZHlWAoG3_3/

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There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes. The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58th season, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS. “60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration. The waste is heartbreaking.
Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos. For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.
At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well. I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return. Scott Pelley

Scott Pelley Fires Back at Incompetent and Unprofessional CBS News

The veteran '60 Minutes' correspondent was fired on Tuesday by CBS News after a stormy meeting on Monday with incoming executive producer Nick Bilton.
Abid Rahman (The Hollywood Reporter)
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60 Minutes is truly toast. So is CBS News, and CBS.

Scott Pelley is a class act.

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CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer

CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he confronted the show’s new executive producer at a heated staff meeting.“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear.
Daniel Arkin (NBC News)
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#CBSNews fired veteran “#60Minutes” correspondent #ScottPelley was #fired hours after a contentious meeting with management in response to his criticism of the newsmagazine’s new leadership.
“Despite yesterday’s misconduct, I had hoped that in sitting down with you today we could find a path forward together. You made clear that you are not interested in such a path,” newly appointed “60 Minutes” executive producer #NickBilton wrote to Pelley Tuesday evening.

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cnn.com/2026/06/02/media/scott…

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#BariWeiss, the editor in chief of #CBSNews, signaled a new direction for the nation’s top news program Thursday, replacing the executive producer of “#60Minutes” with #NickBilton, a longtime #tech #journalist & #documentarian who has NEVER worked in traditional broadcast #news.

Bilton, 49, is a former NYT technology columnist & a #filmmaker who has directed & produced documentaries on business & technology for #HBO & #Netflix.

#journalism #FourthEstate
nytimes.com/2026/05/28/busines…

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