Scott Pelley Confronts Bari Weiss Over Qualifications and CBS Firings at Staff Meeting
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Summary
Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley criticized CBS News' right-wing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss during a staff meeting intended to introduce the show's new executive producer. The meeting followed what Pelley called "Black Thursday," when several journalists were fired. Pelley questioned Weiss's qualifications and intentions, while the journalist also confronted newly installed executive editor Nick Bilton over the recent firings of two reporters and two top executives.
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Black Thursday
Veteran '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley took aim at the qualifications and intentions of CBS News' right-wing editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss
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