Paramount CEO David Ellison signed off on firing Scott Pelley after the longtime correspondent criticized new leadership.
CBS News staffers question who will join the show after it lost four of seven correspondents in recent departures.
Pelley disputed CBS editor in chief Bari Weiss's account and said no effort was made to find a resolution before he was fired.
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