Scott Pelley will reportedly resign or be fired from 60 Minutes after bitter clash with new boss amid crisis at CBS News ^21.2%

Daily Mail Online - By Stephen M. Lepore, Alex Hammer - 6/2/2026, 11:35 PM

Negativity Bias 20.2% - Appeal to Authority 11.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 11.2%

Scott Pelley is set to end his 37-year run at CBS News and 60 Minutes following a blowup between the star reporter and his new bosses. Pelley tore into the show's newly minted executive producer Nick Bilton during a 'tense' all-hands meeting Monday morning. The 68-year-old accused Bilton of having 'slender qualifications for [his] job',... more