Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes, in a video posted March 3, 2026.(Screenshot via 60 Minutes/YouTube)
The news is a business, not a public university with tenure track.
CBS News fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley last week following alleged clashes with management.
The firing itself, like Pelley, wasn’t particularly interesting.
It was the reaction that stood out.
Notable about the tantrum thrown by journalists and a considerable number of elected Democrats was that it was part of a larger conniption that has run uninterrupted since Bari Weiss took over as the network’s editor in chief in October 2025.
“Scott Pelley told the truth,” ex-ABC News correspondent Terry Moran, who was himself fired for unprofessionalism not too long ago, claimed without evidence. “So, CBS News fired him.”
Speaking in reference to the recent ...
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