Free Speech Hero Bari Weiss Sh*tcans Scott Pelley From '60 Minutes' For Speaking Too Freely
'60 Minutes' will now be hosted by any Fox News anchors not already in Trump's Cabinet.
TL;DR
- Scott Pelley was fired from 60 Minutes following a staff meeting where he accused new boss Bari Weiss of "murdering" the show.
- Pelley confronted new executive producer Nick Bilton about staff purges and the future of the program.
- Pelley claimed Weiss lacks qualifications and has made "catastrophic" changes at the Evening News.
- He accused new management of attempting to interfere with reporting to make it palatable to Donald Trump and David Ellison.
- Pelley stated he was instructed to "inject falsehoods and bias" and include unverified assertions.
- Politicians have reportedly been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on 60 Minutes.
- Pelley's statement detailed CBS News's decline, the "cruel" firing of senior leadership and correspondents, and the silencing of good people.
- He asserted that management interfered with reporting to "curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration."