{"id":1264,"date":"2026-06-03T14:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:13:30","slug":"cbs-news-boss-bari-weiss-defends-firing-scott-pelley-from-60-minutes-trust-was-broken-after-his-blow-up-and-thats-the-path-he-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"CBS News Boss Bari Weiss Defends Firing Scott Pelley From \u201860 Minutes\u2019: \u2018Trust\u2019 Was \u2018Broken\u2019 After His Blow-Up and \u2018That\u2019s the Path He Chose\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nBari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, on a staff call addressed the termination Scott Pelley, a longtime presence at the news outlet who was ousted from \u201c60 Minutes\u201d Tuesday after he engaged in a tenacious confrontation with the new executive producer of the newsmagazine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1262\">Universal\u2019s U.K. Theme Park Reveals Name, Gets $8 Billion-Plus Commitment From Comcast as British Government Pledges Major Infrastructure Support<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWeiss is facing the risk of a full-scale revolt at \u201c60 Minutes\u201d after a series of dramatic shake-ups at the venerable program, including installing former tech journalist Nick Bilton as executive producer and ousting veterans including former EP Tanya Simon. CBS News fired Pelley late Tuesday after he engaged in heated argument a day earlier\u00a0with Bilton at an internal meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAt the top of a conference call with CBS News staffers Wednesday morning, Weiss addressed the elephant in the room. <em>Variety<\/em> has confirmed the comments she made at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cBefore we get into it, I need to address what\u2019s transpired in our newsroom over the past two days and what is making news,\u201d she said. \u201cI know I speak for myself, and I hope I speak for everyone here, when I say that I\u2019m only interested in working in a newsroom that is built on trust and mutual respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWeiss continued: \u201cWe cannot do our work without it. That foundation was broken on Monday, and despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, unfortunately we weren\u2019t able to do so, and so we had to part ways. We did not want that to happen, but that\u2019s the path that he chose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWeiss added that the \u201cunfortunate outcome does not discount from the amazing contributions and work that Scott Pelley has done for CBS and for \u201960 Minutes\u2019 over the course of his career.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1260\">Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow\u2019s \u2018Friends\u2019 Reunion: The Emmy Winners on Funniest Moments, Learning About AI and Making Another Sitcom With Courteney Cox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tShe cited the journalist\u2019s stories from this past season on the show including about the \u201cHavana Syndrome\u201d and his \u201cincredible\u201d interview with Ben Sasse, the\u00a0former Nebraska senator who has\u00a0metastatic pancreatic cancer. Weiss said that those are the kinds of stories \u201cthat Nick Bilton is going to put on the air come September in Season 59 with the amazing team that\u2019s still there and hopefully from some new people that are going to be joining us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTom Cibrowski, president and executive editor of CBS News, also weighed in on the matter Wednesday, saying that he \u201cecho[es] all of those thoughts\u201d after Weiss spoke. \u201cScott was an integral part of \u201960 Minutes,\u2019 \u2018CBS Evening News,\u2019 this entire news organization for decades,\u201d Cibrowski said, adding, that his \u201cincredible body of work\u201d will \u201calways be part of the history of CBS News, and you will miss Scott very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCibrowski said that \u201cwe know that these events, developments, changes, are a lot to process for every single person in this room and on this call. And they are happening frequently. And we know that\u2019s a lot to ask you all to come to work every day with your head held high to do the job that we ask you to do. All we can say is that we are taking this very seriously, and we are here to support you, and that means we\u2019re not gonna do it on this public call, but if you want to talk to us, please, please. We will check in with as many of you as possible, but please call us. Please email us and we will have conversations throughout this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn a letter Bilton sent to Pelley informing him that he was being fired, the new \u201c60 Minutes\u201d EP wrote in part, \u201cYour antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you. I therefore write on behalf of CBS News to inform you that your employment with CBS is terminated effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1258\">Jim Sheridan\u2019s \u2018Re-Creation\u2019 Closes U.S. With Kino Lorber While Latido Sells Pregnant Trans Man Drama \u20189 Moons\u2019 to Half the World (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, on a staff call addressed the termination Scott Pelley, a longtime presence at the news outlet who was ousted from &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; Tuesday after he engaged in a tenacious confrontation with the new executive producer of the newsmagazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[147,925,865,866],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-60-minutes","tag-bari-weiss","tag-cbs-news","tag-scott-pelley"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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