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CBS Fires Scott Pelley

June 2, 2026 at 9:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/02/cbs-fires-scott-pelley/

“CBS News fired veteran ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, hours after a contentious meeting with management in response to his criticism of the newsmagazine’s new leadership,” CNN reports.

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CBS Fires Scott Pelley [View all] applegrove 20 hrs ago OP

A Badge of Honor. spanone 19 hrs ago #1

Yes. I hope all the fired 60 Minute correspondents applegrove 19 hrs ago #4

They could name it "3600 Seconds" ! :D eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #19

Or "The Hour" CaptainTruth 17 hrs ago #50

Yes. I'm glad he didn't bend. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #29

Yes, Tis True tis True! Cha 17 hrs ago #49

Of fawking course they did!!!!!!! THAT's IT I AM NEVER WATCHING CBS EVER AGAIN!!!!! a kennedy 19 hrs ago #2

I'll never watch CBS again Grim Chieftain 14 hrs ago #54

CBS is so going to regret this NJCher 19 hrs ago #3

Republicans own some Canadian newspapers applegrove 19 hrs ago #5

Which ones? moonscape 19 hrs ago #20

National Post ran at a deficit for 20 years. applegrove 19 hrs ago #22

Thanks. I'm not Canadian moonscape 18 hrs ago #31

The National Post was created to be a Republican voice. applegrove 18 hrs ago #33

Ah, thanks. moonscape 16 hrs ago #53

..destroying CBS.. thomski64 19 hrs ago #9

Revenge for having been known as a "liberal" network? calimary 18 hrs ago #37

CNN just announced this. orleans 19 hrs ago #6

No surprise, but he should feel honored. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #7

I think he already told them to take their job and shove it. dem4decades 19 hrs ago #8

CBS's loss, our gain. OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #10

Excellent. applegrove 19 hrs ago #11

Boy, THAT would rock the media world! calimary 6 hrs ago #57

He'll probably sue ITAL 19 hrs ago #12

There are often "non-disparagement" clauses in employment contracts... appmanga 19 hrs ago #16

I'd like to see the 60 minutes crew cut loose on the Only in Monroe dgauss 19 hrs ago #13

ABC and NBC are quite insane if they don't capitalize on all this talent floating out there to make a new news show Takket 19 hrs ago #14

Meidastouch has almost 7mm subscribers and growing rapidly. OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #17

I figured this would happen. Diamond_Dog 19 hrs ago #15

It's like the McCarthy era. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #18

Yet another reason to boycott CBS LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #21

I am curious of whether Sunday Morning will survive question everything 19 hrs ago #23

Rachel covering now senseandsensibility 19 hrs ago #24

He'll be fine Renew Deal 19 hrs ago #25

The show is 47 Minutes now. hay rick 19 hrs ago #26

Bari gonna Bari TheDemsshouldhireme 19 hrs ago #27

If you yell at your new boss in front Orangenero 19 hrs ago #28

If you have a new boss who knows what the fuck he/she/they displacedvermoter 9 hrs ago #56

We will all go down together orangecrush 19 hrs ago #30

CBS who? What is that? aeromanKC 18 hrs ago #32

CBS Eye BowDown 18 hrs ago #34

CBS has a big black eye now. calimary 18 hrs ago #42

I just found myself thinking "the CBS Eye-YI-YI." calimary 6 hrs ago #58

Does Bari Weiss want 60 Minutes to fail? OrlandoDem2 18 hrs ago #35

No, she wants to put her imprint on it, but her imprint will make it fail JHB 18 hrs ago #39

I'm pretty sure that is one of her missions Skittles 17 hrs ago #51

This country is going to hell in a hand basket. Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #36

Of course they did Wild blueberry 18 hrs ago #38

Seems like the goal has been Sparkly 18 hrs ago #40

Like I said in an earlier post Republicans/conservatives started a newspaper applegrove 18 hrs ago #41

Hard to see it as anything otherwise. calimary 18 hrs ago #43

CBS won't get through it. maxsolomon 5 hrs ago #61

Unbelievable DET 17 hrs ago #44

Fuck CBS. dalton99a 17 hrs ago #45

Gosh, I hope some day Bari Weiss get Cha 17 hrs ago #48

I hope she won't be able to attend a pride parade ever again. Crowman2009 6 hrs ago #60

Pelley did some good stuff gulliver 17 hrs ago #46

I freaking knew that was cooing. Cha 17 hrs ago #47

He absolutely did BuddhaGirl 6 hrs ago #59

This message was self-deleted by its author bmichaelh 16 hrs ago #52

If you have a shred of dignity D_Master81 10 hrs ago #55

This is what happens with fascism MoseShrute 5 hrs ago #62

Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning: LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #63

Pelley is 68 yrs old so he decided to go out with a bang instead of a whimper. Jacson6 5 hrs ago #64

These people buy media to kill it. It's what they do. NNadir 5 hrs ago #65

Republicans are traitors... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #66