Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley has been fired after reportedly accusing CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the top news program. Pelley was sent a termination letter by 60 Minutes' new executive producer, Nick Bilton, whom the journalist said had “slender” qualifications for the job.In a note that Bilton sent to Pelley alongside his formal termination letter, which circulated on social media Tuesday night, the new 60 Minutes chief said Pelley had set up an “ambush.”“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt,” Bilton wrote in the note. Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley has been fired after reportedly accusing CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of 'murdering' the top news program (AFP via Getty Images)Bilton had tried to reassure 60 Minutes staff at Monday’s meeting that the program “is going to stay exactly like it is for now,” and that “Bari loves this institution,” according to The New York Times, which obtained an audio recording of the tense exchange. “She is murdering 60 Minutes. She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that,” Pelley reportedly fired back.“She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job,” he added. This is a developing story...
Scott Pelley fired after accusing CBS News boss of ‘murdering’ top news show
Pelley was sent a termination letter by 60 Minutes' new executive producer, Nick Bilton










