60 Minutes EP Nick Bilton Sends Damage Control Memo After Scott Pelley Firing
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Ray Flook
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
CBS's 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton sent a memo to staff in an attempt at damage control following the firing of longtime correspondent Scott Pelley. Pelley had publicly criticized Bilton, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, and the new direction of the news magazine. The memo pushes back on Pelley's accusations as internal tensions continue over the leadership and editorial direction of the iconic program.
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Bilton sent out a new memo to staff in an effort at a little PR spin and to push back on accusations from Pelley and others.
The fallout over the firing of CBS's 60 Minutes longtime correspondent Scott Pelley over his calling out CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, new EP Nick Bilton, and the direction they're taking the news magazine and division continues.
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