A huge loss for 60 Minutes, and CBS.

[Eman623]

60 Minutes is left wing garbage

Weiss is trying to change that. Canning Pelley was a great first step. I guess he saw the writing on the wall and decided to go down fighting.

 

[Eman623]

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

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Pompous ass.

 

[Eman623]

That is true. That being said 99.9 percent of bosses should be regularly and harshly critiqued in front of the entire work pool. If the boss doesnt like that too bad. In most all cases the higher up you go in abusiness the more incompetence you find.

No. No one should be harshly critiqued in front of the entire work force. That's a good way to kill any sense of camaraderie and teamwork and turn a workplace toxic.

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

I'm glad it angers you.
That makes me happy.

Xi Jinping loves you.
Putin loves you.
Trump loves you, brokeback.

ALL the communist love you.

 

[marvin martian]

Not a loss at all. Pelley is an unethical asshole who thought he was bigger than his boss.

Now he can start up his own podcast and see how relevant he really is.

He can join Don Lemon, Jim Acosta, Chris Cuomo, and Dan Rather on the "screaming at the sky from my basement" podcast.

 

[citygator]

Over/under for when CBS news is shut down?

 

[marvin martian]

Over/under for when CBS news is shut down?

20 years too late.

 

[80zephyr]

MAGA wants it all torn down, all our institutions, because the poor souls have been so terribly victimized. Their miserable lives are all the fault of SOMEONE ELSE, and they want REVENGE. From the law to the courts to the media. Kill it. That's what they want.

Well, they're getting it. And they think what replaces it will be just great for them. THIS will finally improve their crappy lives.

Ignorant, manipulated fools.

Wow. Thats the Democrats work.

 

[Hafar1014]

What a shitshow this network has become. The new boss is someone who has no experience in television, and most of his experience is as a documentary film maker, and who wants to fix something that was never broken.

Well, now it's broken. The one journalist with some real gravitas and clout, a former very effective and respected news anchor for CBS Evening News, has been fired. It remains unclear if his "termination for cause" was justified, or pre-determined, but one thing is certain, those in charge of this program have no experience.




“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley was fired Tuesday, one day after a fiery confrontation with his new boss, executive producer Nick Bilton, according to two people familiar with the matter.

In an email to “60 Minutes” staff, Bilton wrote that the show had “parted ways” with Pelley. “I know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don’t say this lightly. I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground,” Bilton said. “That was not the path Scott chose.”

In a separate letter to Pelley, Bilton wrote that he had been “terminated for cause.”

“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt,” Bilton wrote. He called Pelley’s conduct in the meeting a “performative display of hostility — enacted in front of the staff.”

“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you,” Bilton wrote.

Pelley could not immediately be reached for comment.

The termination comes after Pelley laid into Bilton during a Monday morning “60 Minutes” meeting, when he questioned Bilton’s qualifications and accused CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss of trying to kill the network’s iconic newsmagazine, according to two staffers who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, as well as an audio recording obtained by The Washington Post.

WaPo

60 minutes is left wing BS shut it down

 

[Muhammed]

MAGA wants it all torn down, all our institutions, because the poor souls have been so terribly victimized. Their miserable lives are all the fault of SOMEONE ELSE, and they want REVENGE. From the law to the courts to the media. Kill it. That's what they want.

 

[HikerGuy83]

MAGA wants it all torn down, all our institutions, because the poor souls have been so terribly victimized. Their miserable lives are all the fault of SOMEONE ELSE, and they want REVENGE. From the law to the courts to the media. Kill it. That's what they want.

Well, they're getting it. And they think what replaces it will be just great for them. THIS will finally improve their crappy lives.

Ignorant, manipulated fools.

Thank you.

I needed a good laugh this morning and you provided it.

A guy launches at his boss in a meeting and it's MAGA related.....

Perfect......

 

[Eman623]

The new bosses/owner at CBS are going to tear everything down in a "re-engineering" experiment in network television, and none of them have a clue what they're doing.

Where have we seen this before?

Wapo?

Washington Post fires over 300 journalists as Jeff Bezos ignores correspondents’ pleas: report

The Washington Post on Wednesday announced mass layoffs across the newsroom, including its entire sports desk – ignoring impassioned pleas from reporters to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

nypost.com

 

[marvin martian]

60 minutes is left wing BS shut it down

I understand they're trying to jettison the dead weight and resuscitate their failed ratings, but it's probably too late.

The old, white, "no kings" lefty boomers who are their only audience are rapidly dying out.

 

[odanny]

After Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer before Simon, resigned in April 2025, saying that he had lost independent editorial control of the show, Pelley rebuked parent company Paramount on air.

Throughout the meeting, Pelley lobbed question after question at Bilton, interspersed with barbs.
“You came into our house. This is ‘60 Minutes,’ and I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off your phone, and you wouldn’t answer any questions?” Pelley said to Bilton.

One staffer asked Bilton how he was going to train up new correspondents, something that typically takes years to do. Bilton responded that he was planning to bring in people who already know how to do the work, prompting laughter from staff.

Pelley called Thursday’s firings “Black Thursday,” adding, “It was cruel the way our people were treated.”
Bilton assured employees that no more layoffs are currently planned for the show.

Pelley suggested that Bilton had not anticipated how the staff firings would be perceived within the network, “Because I find it impossible to imagine that you would take this job knowing that you would never be welcome here.”

“I have no problem taking a job in a place that I am not welcome, okay?” Bilton responded. “I don’t believe that will be the case, okay? I believe that I will prove that to everyone. But I am not intimidated by the things that you’re saying in any way, shape, or form, okay? I’ve been a journalist for 25 years, Scott. I’ve sat across from incredibly powerful people, like you have, and none of it intimidates me, okay? So you are not going to intimidate me in front of this group of people. I want that to be clear, okay?”

“Does it show good judgment to take this job under these circumstances?” Pelley pressed.

Bilton answered: “The reason it takes good judgment is because I care so deeply about this institution—”
“Oh please,” Pelley said. The staff erupted in laughter once more.

The meet-and-greet ended abruptly with Bilton saying “Enjoy the bagels” and leaving in silence. After he left, the staff clapped.

 

[Eman623]

After Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer before Simon, resigned in April 2025, saying that he had lost independent editorial control of the show, Pelley rebuked parent company Paramount on air.

Throughout the meeting, Pelley lobbed question after question at Bilton, interspersed with barbs.
“You came into our house. This is ‘60 Minutes,’ and I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off your phone, and you wouldn’t answer any questions?” Pelley said to Bilton.

One staffer asked Bilton how he was going to train up new correspondents, something that typically takes years to do. Bilton responded that he was planning to bring in people who already know how to do the work, prompting laughter from staff.

Pelley called Thursday’s firings “Black Thursday,” adding, “It was cruel the way our people were treated.”
Bilton assured employees that no more layoffs are currently planned for the show.

Pelley suggested that Bilton had not anticipated how the staff firings would be perceived within the network, “Because I find it impossible to imagine that you would take this job knowing that you would never be welcome here.”

“I have no problem taking a job in a place that I am not welcome, okay?” Bilton responded. “I don’t believe that will be the case, okay? I believe that I will prove that to everyone. But I am not intimidated by the things that you’re saying in any way, shape, or form, okay? I’ve been a journalist for 25 years, Scott. I’ve sat across from incredibly powerful people, like you have, and none of it intimidates me, okay? So you are not going to intimidate me in front of this group of people. I want that to be clear, okay?”

“Does it show good judgment to take this job under these circumstances?” Pelley pressed.

Bilton answered: “The reason it takes good judgment is because I care so deeply about this institution—”
“Oh please,” Pelley said. The staff erupted in laughter once more.

The meet-and-greet ended abruptly with Bilton saying “Enjoy the bagels” and leaving in silence. After he left, the staff clapped.

Everyone who clapped should start dusting off their resumes. If 60 minutes starts being actual news I might start watching it again.

 

[Rawley]

60 minutes is left wing BS shut it down

It's at least a decade since I've watched the show.

 

[Rawley]

After Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer before Simon, resigned in April 2025, saying that he had lost independent editorial control of the show, Pelley rebuked parent company Paramount on air.

Throughout the meeting, Pelley lobbed question after question at Bilton, interspersed with barbs.
“You came into our house. This is ‘60 Minutes,’ and I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off your phone, and you wouldn’t answer any questions?” Pelley said to Bilton.

One staffer asked Bilton how he was going to train up new correspondents, something that typically takes years to do. Bilton responded that he was planning to bring in people who already know how to do the work, prompting laughter from staff.

Pelley called Thursday’s firings “Black Thursday,” adding, “It was cruel the way our people were treated.”
Bilton assured employees that no more layoffs are currently planned for the show.

Pelley suggested that Bilton had not anticipated how the staff firings would be perceived within the network, “Because I find it impossible to imagine that you would take this job knowing that you would never be welcome here.”

“I have no problem taking a job in a place that I am not welcome, okay?” Bilton responded. “I don’t believe that will be the case, okay? I believe that I will prove that to everyone. But I am not intimidated by the things that you’re saying in any way, shape, or form, okay? I’ve been a journalist for 25 years, Scott. I’ve sat across from incredibly powerful people, like you have, and none of it intimidates me, okay? So you are not going to intimidate me in front of this group of people. I want that to be clear, okay?”

“Does it show good judgment to take this job under these circumstances?” Pelley pressed.

Bilton answered: “The reason it takes good judgment is because I care so deeply about this institution—”
“Oh please,” Pelley said. The staff erupted in laughter once more.

The meet-and-greet ended abruptly with Bilton saying “Enjoy the bagels” and leaving in silence. After he left, the staff clapped.

What a pretentious asshole.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

It's been turned in to the see BS network of fuckups.

I've been saying that for decades

It's decline to irrelevance is underway.

it was only ever relevant to half the country, now they are catching on

 

[odanny]

Everything Bilton said, he would end with "Okay"?

He even sounds like a ****.

Definitely in over his head, but to CBS, competency is optional.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

MAGA wants it all torn down, all our institutions, because the poor souls have been so terribly victimized. Their miserable lives are all the fault of SOMEONE ELSE, and they want REVENGE. From the law to the courts to the media. Kill it. That's what they want.

Well, they're getting it. And they think what replaces it will be just great for them. THIS will finally improve their crappy lives.

Ignorant, manipulated fools.

Which all could have been avoided if not for all the socially educated minds of/on the left...should have done the right thing when it mattered, now all you have left are posts like ^this^ one above.