FCC Chair Carr says Scott Pelley ‘completely out of touch’ for not anticipating ’60 Minutes’ firing
Pelley said the firing blindsided him after he criticized new CBS leadership and accused executives of political bias.
- On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, CBS News terminated 37-year veteran Scott Pelley after he sharply criticized executive producer Nick Bilton and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss at a staff meeting.
- Preceding the confrontation, a wave of high-level layoffs—termed 'Black Thursday' by Pelley—wiped out senior staff, including executive producer Tanya Simon, as new leadership restructured the program.
- Pelley accused Weiss of 'murdering' the show and putting a 'thumb on the scale' for President Donald Trump; management cited 'misconduct,' while Pelley denied physically confronting Bilton.
- In a June 7 podcast, Pelley compared his exit to his 'spouse was murdered,' while correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim issued a memo to 'stay and fight.'
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called Pelley 'out of touch' for not anticipating his firing, highlighting broader tensions regarding trust in legacy media institutions.
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Lesley Stahl says ‘60 Minutes’ bloodbath was ‘by far the worst experience I’ve been involved in’
Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl says the recent upheaval at CBS News is “by far the worst experience” she has witnessed in a journalism career spanning over five decades.
The heartbreaking loyalty of Scott Pelley
Joshua Blanchard/Getty; CBS Photo Archive/Getty; Noam Galai/Getty; Tyler Le/BIOn Sunday, the New York Times published an explosive interview with "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley, his first since he was fired from CBS News last week. In it, Pelley detailed a series of serious allegations — most notably, that editor in chief Bari Weiss "was putting a thumb on the scale on behalf" of the Trump administration — that dominated the news cycle …
'CBS News is on fire': Scott Pelley speaks after dramatic firing
Veteran journalist Scott Pelley, who was unexpectedly fired from CBS on June 2, has spoken for the first time. He told The New York Times that “CBS News is on fire”, and that the news division’s editor in chief Bari Weiss should be removed from her position. “My hope is that the leadership of Paramount will say to themselves, this isn’t working,” Pelley said in the interview. CNN reports that it’s clear from NYT story that Pelley “is not going q…
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