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‘Scott Pelley’s a Stiff’: Trump Skewers Ex-60 Minutes Journo in New Interview Released Hours After Pelley’s Firing
President Trump called Scott Pelley a "stiff" who is part of the "crooked" corporate media, one day after the 60 Minutes correspondent was fired by CBS. The post ‘Scott Pelley’s a Stiff’: Trump Skewers Ex-60 Minutes Journo in New Interview Released Hours After Pelley’s Firing first appeared on Mediaite.
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said on Friday in an email to the show’s staff that they had reached the decision after a period of “grieving” and frustration.
Lesley Stahl and two other “60 Minutes” correspondents said Friday that they would remain in their posts, ending days of speculation.
Minutes' has responded to critics for the controversy surrounding the selective editing of an exchange of their interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Scott Pelley’s firing is the latest in a string of controversies and staffing shake-ups that have plagued CBS’s news division.
With an executive producer new to TV and the need to replace four correspondents, can the venerable program retain its stature?
Maybe they will stay? The new executive producer of “60 Minutes” vowed in a memo Thursday to uphold the CBS News property’s commitment to pursue stories “without fear or favor” and to not be “instructed by the ownership of the company” on sensitive reports,
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft slammed MAGA-curious CBS boss Bari Weiss’s firings of prominent staff at the prestigious news documentary program, calling it “a slap in the face to everybody who’s worked there.
"I think its been disastrous for the show, for the audience," Kroft said of recent terminations, including that of Scott Pelley
Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley was fired Tuesday amid the latest upheaval under Bari Weiss.
CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss carried out a bloodbath at “60 Minutes” on Thursday, ousting executive producer Tanya Simon along with correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega as she installed former New York Times columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton to run the iconic newsmagazine program,