‘60 Minutes’ Died by Neglect, Not Murder

Scott Pelley's firing from CBS News is alarming for democracy

Firing of Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’ is alarming. It's clear that President Trump has control of the narrative at CBS.

‘60 Minutes’ died by neglect, not murder

Scott Pelley, the longtime correspondent for “60 Minutes,” lashed out at his new bosses in a staff meeting last Monday. Predictably, CBS canned Pelley the next day.

Scott Pelley fired from 60 Minutes: the next domino in the fall of American journalism

When I wrote that the cancellation of Stephen Colbert was the canary in the coal mine of American broadcasting, a number of readers wrote in to suggest I was over-egging the pudding. It was just money, they said. Ratings. The brutal economics of late-night television. Well. To those readers I say, with all the grace I can muster: the canary is now dead, the miners are coughing, and CBS has just sacked the man who came down the shaft to check. Sc…