Scott Pelley Fired from 60 Minutes, Accuses CBS of 'Collapse of Values' and Bowing to Trump Administration
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Emily Zemler
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Summary
Scott Pelley, a veteran journalist at 60 Minutes since 2004, was fired after accusing CBS of weakening the program to curry favor with the Trump administration. Pelley claims new management instructed him to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story and include unverified assertions. His firing followed a heated meeting with Nick Bilton, who was recently put in charge of 60 Minutes by CBS editorial chief Bari Weiss. Pelley describes the situation as a "collapse of values" at the network.
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new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story
told to include assertions that are unverified
collapse of values
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