CBS News fired longtime "60 Minutes" Correspondent Scott Pelley after a contentious all-staff meeting in which he clashed with new Executive Producer Nick Bilton and accused Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the storied newsmagazine. It's the latest chapter of upheaval at CBS News. Steve Kroft, a "60 Minutes" correspondent for 30 seasons before retiring, joins Geoff Bennett for more.Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.
Geoff Bennett:
CBS News has fired longtime 60-minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after a contentious all-staff meeting in which Pelley reportedly clashed with newly installed executive producer Nick Bilton and accused CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss of murdering the storied news magazine.Bilton, in a letter firing Pelley yesterday evening, accused him of acting with remarkable incivility and contempt.In his own statement, Pelley said -- quote -- "The leadership of '60 Minutes' is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well."The firing marks the latest and most dramatic chapter in the upheaval surrounding "60 Minutes" and CBS News, as Weiss moves to reshape both the nation's most watched television news magazine and the news division more broadly.For more, we're joined now by Steve Kroft. He spent 30 seasons as a correspondent for "60 Minutes" before retiring in 2019.Steve Kroft, welcome to the "News Hour."
