Scott Pelley Accuses CBS Management of Incompetence, Bias in Fiery 60 Minutes Exit

By

Charlotte Klein,

a features writer and media columnist at New York Magazine

Scott Pelley, the longtime 60 Minutes correspondent, was fired on Tuesday, a day after confronting Nick Bilton, the program’s new leader, in spectacularly aggressive fashion in front of all their colleagues. Pelley met with Bilton and Bari Weiss on Tuesday afternoon, per a source familiar with the matter. In a termination letter to Pelley later that evening, Bilton lamented that Pelley had chosen to “ambush” him with “a performative display of hostility.” He added, “Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear.”