Scott Pelley fired from ’60 Minutes,’ deepening turmoil at CBS News 73.4%
AP News - By Hannah Schoenbaum - 6/3/2026, 3:07 AM
Negativity Bias 64.6% - Quote-first Misdirection 21.8% - Unattributed Quote 16.5%
CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program, days after a leadership... more