Turmoil at CBS News: Scott Pelley's Firing Signals Chaos Under New Leadership
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Cheyenne Roundtree
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Summary
The article reports on turmoil at CBS News following Bari Weiss's appointment as editor-in-chief in October. Weiss has made sweeping changes, including overhauling the CBS Evening News program and firing longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. The firing of Pelley, a respected veteran journalist, has escalated existing tensions in the newsroom into outright chaos, with staffers expressing concern over the direction of the iconic news program under Weiss's leadership.
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It's the latest crisis to engulf the newsroom months after Weiss overhauled the flagship CBS Evening News program
Last week, Weiss fired a slate of trusted correspondents and producers and hired tech journalist and filmmaker Nick Bilton as executive producer
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