Scott Pelley disputes Bari Weiss' account of CBS News termination meeting, claims he was effectively fired
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Ted Johnson
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Summary
Scott Pelley has publicly disputed Bari Weiss' account of his termination meeting at CBS News. Pelley claims Weiss and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski were "openly hostile from the start" and that he was "effectively fired," contradicting Weiss' characterization that they simply "couldn't find a way back" and parted ways amicably. The dispute centers on a final meeting on Tuesday, with Pelley providing a statement to The New York Times asserting Weiss knows her version is untrue.
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In a statement Pelley provided to The New York Times, he said that Weiss 'knows what she said is not true.'
He said that he was 'effectively fired'
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