Audio surfaces of Scott Pelley accusing Bari Weiss of 'murdering' 60 Minutes
Audio from a CBS staff meeting captures veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley telling CBS News chief Bari Weiss that she is "murdering" the show. The exchange came after Weiss installed Nick Bilton as 60 Minutes' new executive producer as part of a leadership overhaul. Pelley’s remark signals strong internal opposition to the changes and raises questions about the program’s editorial direction. That matters because 60 Minutes is a flagship investigative series and public clashes over control could affect its credibility and viewer trust.
BREAKING: CBS News has terminated 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley's contract following his vocal disagreements with the new leadership under Bari Weiss.
Chris⚖️Justice479Respects to Scott Pelley for upholding his personal integrity. It comes through in his work. I wish him the best in whatever he does next.
Pere Jes107Hey Scott, climb aboard and join the online media. Katie Phang, Jim Acosta, et al are reaching many more times the audience than they ever did on their network gigs. We'd all love to welcome you!
cozybooksonly.bsky.social78Make a play for Scott Pelley! Would love to see a weeknight long form interview format at @meidastouch.com. In depth interviews and investigations on all the corruption.
Queen of Diamonds 💎💙🦋☕️🇺🇦63Some people still have integrity. Way to go, Scott Pelley. You give us hope for humanity although I’m sorry you lost your job for pushing back.
How the Fuck Rich Boswell53These wealthy Republicans have so much money they can just buy media and it’s a toy for them . They don’t need to make money because they have so much they don’t even know what to do with it . The tax cuts starting with Reagan and now with Trump ( again ) made this possible .
wahube.bsky.social53What a chicken shit wimp Bilton is by writing that Ai-aided attack on Pelly. I hope the entire credible senior staff and others resign from the dumpster fire run by C BS.
Howdo In CO40If any of our "elected" representatives showed one-tenth of the courage and integrity of Scott Pelley we'd be in a far better place. Instead we're saddled with a collection of limp dicks whose sole goal in life is keeping a convicted felon rapist pedophile happy.
emma56.bsky.social36I stand with Scott pelley ,
Justice ❌👑33CBS, Scott Pelley terminated as in, Teledyne done took him down. Terminator is Cyberdyne Systems, while Teledyne Technologies is a very real aerospace and defense company. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/love...
EB Estes31Viewers who watch CBS from now on don't care about the future of good journalism
Absurd_Dad28I bet he's playing "I'm free" by the who loudly now youtu.be/Ux1vBolJf5Q?...
LizB27CBS isn't going to get a resurrection from this one. See you wherever your magnificent talent lands, Scott.
Shawn Eli24We have turned off CBS in our house permanently. 🖕
Rise Up & Resist Now!20"So surprised to hear CBS acting this way!"...said absolutely no one. But now he is free to continue ringing the alarm bell against authoritarianism. We the people will remember those who boldly spoke up and acted and those who cowardly capitulated and colluded. Heroes and villains.
Wobedraggled20Scott will be A-ok, Weiss and CBS will continue to spiral downward...
murdroid.bsky.social18all these reporters are going to get the last laugh
NurseGenius17He knew this would happen. Thank Scott Pelley for demonstrating journalism at its finest .Journalism that is truthful.
mutant21.bsky.social16Can't wait for the whole network to just crater.
Terri Meadows15They don't deserve him!!! Such a shame to see how a most esteemed broadcast has been destroyed by those ghoulish gits!
Breezy Artworks13They’re making NO EFFORT to hide their complicity with the Fascists. FUCK See B.S.
🦭ᑭᒪᗩIᑎ ᒍᗩᑎE 🌲13Pelley is on the right side of history and now a patriotic, first amendment hero. 👏👏👏
suzannechauvin.bsky.social13Well of course they did. They are no longer interested in first rate journalism. Now that he and Colbert are gone, I can think of no reason to watch CBS.
Leo11lol.... See, all B.S. ("CBS") Someone has integrity. 🖕🖕🖕 CBS, hope they crash and burn.
abluefinch.bsky.social10Time for the entire team to leave 60 minutes and start their own venture. CBS is a sinking ship
LadyFireHorse 🍁10Here’s what the public can do. 1)Stop watching CBS and more importantly, 2) stop buying from businesses who advertise with them. There should be a list of these sponsors and ads so we know who to boycott.
Amy9"But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." ― The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lucylu8I think Scott Pelley’s ‘fuck you’ was heard around the world. And was greeted with applause
tunalapumpie.bsky.social8Scott Pelley, if you can hear us…YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR! You are a truth teller. We need you. And, you’re going to be so much better off.
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils7Fuck CBS. The fascists are going to get what's coming to them, and sooner than they might want to believe. Watch how the epstein class takes to their private jets and private islands in the next year.
Patti O’Neil7Thank you Mr Pelley for speaking up. Let’s us know where you land so we can support your work.
Ken Stone7We're canceling our subscription to Paramount+ right now.
old yvette7I hope he laughs in their faces on the way out the door. They are scum.
kwattbud.bsky.social760 Minutes gave credibility to the nightly news and the Sunday morning show. It was the gold standard. Now there is zero credibility.
Russ DiBello7In my career experience you have to do more than speak irreverently to your new boss to legally qualify your firing as "for cause" They know they'll lose the guaranteed lawsuit. But the idea is to harass Pelley and make Trump happy. Which belies Bilton's insistence that he simply wants to be a pro.
This We Will Defend6Scott Pelley stood by his principles and was fired from a job that paid $7 million/year. Republicans in Congress checked their spines at the door and abdicated their sworn responsibilities for $174,000/year.
Aster Vérité6Hey guys, why isn't your Canadian partner @charlieangus104.bsky.social calling for Canada to ban the inclusion of US networks in Canadian basic cable packages? I mean why are Canadians forced to pay for US propaganda networks?
Salty Smirk 😏6Hey CBS 👋 DJT is rotting away before our eyes and won’t be around forever. You reap what you sow.
John T Clinton5Good on Scott for speaking his objections!
Jerry5What is it about the Ellisons and Weisses of the world that they can’t take criticism. Pelley is awesome. CBS is shite.
BonaireVolt5He will have job offers by Friday. CBS will lose thousands more viewers by tomorrow.
Shannon72185This is how an authoritarian starts state run media. Pelley will find a network that respects his journalism and reputation.
JMacLiberty24This is what bravery looks like!! This is WE THE PEOPLE standing up for what is right!! History will remember this moment positively!!
Marsh Views4Thanks to Pelley for standing for the truth.
Bonnie aka PoppyLatte4🤬 CBS is nothing more than Trump tv at this point.
jackinsanrafael.bsky.social4MS Now come a callin’!
berngirl.bsky.social4Bull crap I HATE BARI WEISS and Sullivan what they need to do is have NBC or ABC pick them all up and start a different type of 60 minutes. They did murdered 60 Minutes next will be CBS Sunday morning. In high school 60 Minutes was a class based around the news program I will miss 60 minutes forever
mapedencoviello.bsky.social4I no longer watch CBS, local or national. It hurts, to be honest, but they’ve become totally untrustworthy.
Lisa4Sorry for Scott but it’s for the best. They are burning the ship & it’s definitely time to jump off.
Kali’s Observations4I don’t want to ❤️this. I want to applaud Scott Pelley for saying out loud what every journalist with any integrity should be saying.
Greg 🕯️💟🕯️ (he/him) ❌ 👑4I had a feeling that Scott Pelley knew it was coming because he chose to stand up for the free press and freedom and kept his integrity as a journalist. This tells me that CBS is on its last breath as Weiss murders it at the service of the orange clown.
Fargo4It’s like every decision Bari Weiss makes it trying to destroy CBS.
Blueskydriving 🇺🇦 🇨🇦4I will never vote for any Republican, sit in a Tesla, or watch Fox News/CBS. Those are my basic rules to live by.
Lurker For Good4Wonder who will get the interview with him!
Elbows Up, eh 🇨🇦4Congratulations to Scott Pelley for standing up to fascism. It cost him his job.
zelle1960.bsky.social4I'm sure they dicked him on his contract, regardless I would make some noise for awhile and let them squirm.
knic78.bsky.social3Corporate media is dead. He should sign with you.
pook5775.bsky.social3and we have terminated CBS.
The Shadow 🇺🇦3See? Now this is the kind of thing that convinced me to stop watching 60 minutes. And, I sent them a message to tell them that.
Tigernan Pournelle, Furious Irish🏳️🌈3I wonder if the journalists hadn't been hoarding material for their books if we'd hae gotten here. We'll never know.
Corey Jay3We knew that was coming. Pricks.
Richard3F*** Bari Weiss. She'll get hers.
kdmusc3I have a feeling he’ll land on his feet with better people
Democracy Matters3Good luck getting ANYONE to watch your little experiment now, CBS.
Mary Ann Jacob3I hope the whole team goes to ABC and recreates the greatness that was once 60 Minutes.
gcm5.bsky.social3Scott Pelley spoke up and was fired. He risked being fired and he spoke up anyway. Thank you 🙏 You are a national treasure.
Adrian DeVore3An another song of freedom in honor of Scott Pelley: youtu.be/3YHVC1DcHmo?...
Fighting for Democracy3We stand with Scott Pelley
Joe3I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what Pelley wanted. That would mean that if he has anything to say he’s not prohibited from saying it now by contractual rules. He might just have a plan, or a backer. I’m interested in hearing what’s next for him, Cooper and Colbert.
LTP2563I worked with Scott at WFAA-TV in Dallas. There is not a more professional, unbiased journalist on the planet. It was a privilege to work with him as he worked tirelessly to gather facts, tell stories that mattered and make a real difference in our world.
Heidi Haaland3At this point, if you haven't run afoul of SeeBS management, what are you even doing with your career?
Shapa3Nights like this make me realize how effed up we are as a country and that we must do something about it or it'll all be gone.
JustMark3It must be difficult being the only vertebrate in the company. Kudos, Scott.
Lissa Buesa-Matoy3So wrong. CBS is finished. No one should watch any program (news,sports, or regular programed shows/movies) that's on the network. @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @cbssports.bsky.social
anxiouspepper.bsky.social3I think Medias will end up being one of the most important independent new media at this rate... Just picking up all the best journalists around 🤗
shropstermysteries.bsky.social2Looks like an incredible investigative journalist could be looking for a new home @MeidasTouch…
CatVanDooh2If Scott Pelley starts a new version of the compromised 60 minutes I will watch. In my world view he is an American hero. I salute you Mr Pelley. 🚬😎
Sharonls2Stand up and be counted 💯 . I support Scott 100%.
Birdergal 💙💛🌊2Does he get paid till the end of his contract? Labor lawyer needed?
CBS is killing itself. I am done with them. I grew up watching 60 Minutes and loved Scott Pelley...they are making some bad mistakes.
mw3860.bsky.social2That would be my LinkedIn Headline
Inbtwnthedarkandthelight2translation : Pelley told cbs to 🍽️💩
✨ Kay Goodstadt ✍️ Author✨2So the call letters for C-B-S now stand for Complete Bull Shit.🤬
lynne41.bsky.social2He had to know this would happen. Kudos to him for speaking out anyway!!❤️❤️
💗Christine2He will be better off in the end.
Vicki Ruscigno2Saw th a t one coming. Im Sure he did too. He knew it was coming as soon as he spoke up!
deemidnight.bsky.social2CBS ..BARI WEISS AND THE BILLIONAIRE ELLISONS ARE NO GOOD BASTARDS! THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY WE CANNOT LET THEM!
thirteen-clocks.bsky.social2Lot's of "I", "I", "I" in that letter. All "we" need to know. #RIP60
berngirl.bsky.social2I love Scott Pelleys Cooper Andersen all of you. I am so sorry.
Wendy@windystorm62.bsky.social 🇵🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🏴minus🇺🇸2Congratulations Mr. Pelley, on your great new career!
Grace E2I'll never watch CBS again. I can't stand Bari Weiss
chinnersw56.bsky.social2Edward R Murrow and Walter Kronkite are doing cartwheels in their grave……there used to be a law where if one political party had an opinion the other side had equal time to give their argument……pretty sure that went tits up in the 90’s under Clinton though…..
Random2he'll be welcomed wherever he wants to go... I think we now have enough top-tier reporters to start our own 60 minutes... but maybe we call it 86 minutes or 47 minutes... not sure
eh61.bsky.social260 Minutes is dead. CBS is dead. A true tragedy that Trump has destroyed so many national institutions in such a short time. We will and must rebuild.
Simon J. Barrett2He is destined for a better place…corrupt bs is no longer a decent, impartial news outlet.
Kerri2Pelley, you are an absolute talent & a credit to your profession That's not a thing these days, so you can hold your head high as you are miles ahead of the fascist regime now known as CBS They do NOT deserve you, plus this is not going to end well for them… Watch this Space
CoolGigisrun2Of course they did. Freedom of speech is now banned from cbs. 😒
dogsrule27.bsky.social2Nick Bilton needs to realize that he did not fire Scott Pelley--Pelley fired HIM.
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I apologize for the nonsense🤣🌮254He said what he needed to say. What we needed him to say. Good on him.
John Robinson192When you can walk out with your head high.
WUT149He went down honorably and went down swinging. Too bad not many others have his guts
@kathmandu513.gobirds.online86He was right. She is killing 60 Minutes.
Ody72CBS isn't news anymore. No actual journalist will be employed there within six months.
Angry Gnat in TX28I’ll miss watching The Masters. But that’s it. Done with CBS forever.
spateroni.bsky.social22Pelley did the right thing. I will live happily without any CBS or Ellison-owned / Paramount-Skydance product. Fascists are not getting my support.
motorcruft20Went out like a legend
MaryES.bsky.social 😻💙📎18I think he knew that would happen when he didn’t hold back on his feelings for CBS and Bari Weiss.
El Sargento García15They should all walk out with him. Let Bari do the entire show and see the ratings plummet.
The Almighty Tallest14Do all the good you can and raise hell until they fire you. This is praxis.
Ian Thomas Malone13Soon 60 Minutes will just be Erika Kirk setting off fireworks for the whole hour.
_aa_13CBS has been dead to me since Dickerson left. Just another nail in the coffin.
PlayingTheSlice ❌👑11Should be his proudest moment.
Mary Teresa11I hope his parting words to CBS were: "That is rude."
Amy10"But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." ― The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Stu Duncan10No NDA when you’re fired.
pittcute.bsky.social9They won't shut him up
Mel8When you’re fired for your integrity.
SPFHockeyfan, Esq.8They just bought themselves a giant lawsuit
Michelle Deitz7Every 60 Minutes’ correspondent and staffer should walk out.
Light a Light🕯️7Pelley publicly laid the blame for the killing of 60 Minutes squarely at “her” feet. And he was 💯 right to do so. www.patreon.com/posts/159950...
Peter O’Toole7I guess he didn’t “enjoy the bagels”
Kevin from the Armageddon7There is an insane amount of top-tier journalistic talent out there and willing to speak truth to power is some enterprising outlet wants to build a real newsroom right now…
Cheesy Gordita Crunch Enjoyer7The lawsuit is gonna be glorious.
Don Kronenberger6When oligarchs buy legacy media, they’re not interested in earning money (or even losing money) in the news business. They make their profit by killing the voice of democracy.
Katherine 🪴6Firing your best reporter because Bari can't stand to hear the truth is wild.
sunnyadventure.bsky.social6CBS can argue he wasn’t a good fit bc he’s honest and sincere. Integrity is a trait that’s not suitable at CBS
RealityBased1🇨🇦6Not a shock. He must have known what would happen. Good for him CBS is a rotting corpse.
UnboughtAndUnbossed5And now, he should sue for wrongful termination.
Kurt Shriner5Pelley was fired for complaining that they're firing too many good journalists. Bilton did this for a single audience: Trump.
Paul A.4I'm guessing he's taking a large amount of CBS'S money with him.
Matthew Boedy4Are they also gonna fire the people who clapped?
Jim_Writes4What the original NETWORK script failed to capture, Scott Pelley delivered. Salutes Scott.
Goth Rat Summer4He can make a program with Colbert.
Rob R4As if we needed MORE reason to boycott CBS and all their advertisers…
Mina3The poor fragile Ellisons can’t handle the truth.
Mike Bloom3Gonna be one hell of a lawsuit
tgorf-stl.bsky.social3••• This week on the new 60 Minutes, weight sled fraud rampant at state fair Tractor Pulls …
AnnietheBlue3They are talking about hiring Joe Rogan for 60 Minutes. Joe fucking Rogan. 😡
Coming Up Violets3Definitely saw that coming. He did right. CBS is dead. Go fash, lose cash.
tellmeitsgonnabeok.bsky.social3Good luck with that “for cause” firing.
Greg Gardner 2Murrow and Cronkite would be proud.
jackinsanrafael.bsky.social2I’ve worked with Bari Weiss types before. Fucking bad news people.
toastfuker 2Least surprising story of the day, but wow they really don't care ....
EEVEE2www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/m... Fuck those fucking people!!!
Napoleon Ferrari2Bari gone woke. What happened to free speech?!
Mark Wigginton2The truth will set you free, often quicker than you think.
MJSwenson712Scott knew that was going to happen as soon as he spoke up.
Ernest Defarge2Everyone at 60 minutes should walk. If a network were smart they would swoop in and hire everyone en masse.
smurfsup | hi, .w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?2.This sucks for Pelley (and for us, collectively) — but it’s yet another *crippling* move by CBS et al. No problem drawing line between A and B
Meidas Clementine d'Oro Ⓜ️Ⓜ️2They can terminate him from CBS, but I definitely don't think that this is the end for Scott. Plus, he can collect unemployment if he wants. Fuck CBS
Scott Pelley has been fired by new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton.
Justin Baragona336Here is the memo that Nick Bilton sent to staff about firing Scott Pelley:
Hudson 🌈, Henry, Harry PolitiCats201Pelley needs to team up with Colbert to create a new show: “61 minutes”
Gavacha Gacha166A badge of honor for Mr. Pelley
MillennialMike164I wish more of these fuckers would be met with “remarkable incivility and contempt”. Maybe we wouldn’t be in such a mess.
Ody67Scott Pelley can write his own ticket to any job he wants with this move. Nick Bilton will be scrubbing toilets at a Washington Free Beacon knockoff in twelve months.
Comfortably Numb56Another nail in their coffin.
A Carty Isfeld55I am always suspicious of those in journalism who refer to the work as "storytelling."
Russ Copeland49This statement is pure chicken shit
Jeffbro41“Mr. Pelley, individuals who speak truth to power have no place in the new ‘60 Minutes.’”
Daniel30Hope ALL of 60 minutes walks away! I'm not watching any second of @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Or any CBS football games and I Love fucking football but love USA 🇺🇸 more!
Art Martin27Bilton is so stupid that he doesn't realize that he just proved everything Pelley was saying about him....was true. yet another free speech "warrior" who curls into a ball, if "free speech" involves criticism of him
Mitch26Pelley is a fucking hero. Good on him. Bari Weiss is going to rue the day she gutted 60 Minutes. Fucking hack.
Deborah302.blocks21LOL. Anyone who read about Pelley’s takedown of the new management is fully aware that he was deliberately forcing their hand - effectively resigning, with a nationwide FU to boot.
Old lady Resister / California girl always 💙🌈💎16PROFILES IN COURAGE - SCOTT PELLEY!
Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers.16Sweet! How fast do you think he'll get hired by literally anyone?
LadyChiron16Well we knew this was coming. So did Mr. Pelley.
Dots Connecting15Tyranny!!! At least Pelley is NOT intimidated by the regime of dt: and his minions!!!
Raoul Meyer13In an ideal world, any employee should be free to talk with their boss the way Pelley talked to Bilton. If you are the boss, part of your job should be to accept criticism, even if it isn't delivered as you might prefer to hear it.
Anthony's Spinning Circles here too!13Now is an opportune moment for the establishment of a program akin to 60 minutes and the rehiring of all individuals dismissed from 60 minutes. The initial segment delving into the compliance of 60 Minutes with the tantrum-prone leader and the deceitful strategies employed. An investigative piece.🎯
Truth Matters🌊'2612This Bilton person is truly a stupid man. Again these losers are bowing to one, another loser in the Whitehouse.
Jonathan Everitt11What a perfect patsy. I commend Pelley for his stand.
Wild E. Coyote11Didn't need to be a clairvoyant to see that coming.
Steegs11I hope the rest quit. There will be no freedom of speech at CBS
Amy10"But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." ― The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Don Kronenberger10From the free speech absolutists in Bari-land.
Dwight Williams 🇨🇦9Bilton is projecting here in this letter. All too clear.
reexamineall.bsky.social7Hey, Nick. Hate to break it to you, but the viewers of #60Minutes also have great antipathy towards the future of the show. In fact, we will no longer be viewers of the show because we can not possibly trust you or Bari to produce actual news. You know about CBS News ratings, right? Get ready.
Coily Sees All7Bari’s MAGA amateur hour continues to destroy a once-great institution
avportia.bsky.social7Goin' out like a boss!
Titania in love6Oh, Mr. Bilton , his hostility was NOT performative. It was quite sincere. Millions of us agree with him. Amazing you had to run back to the safety of your penthouse to scribble out your response. You’ve destroyed your credibility forever.
Susan Behrens6I respect Scott Pelley for standing on principles.
Eliza C6How many times does weasel Bilton refer to himself in this screed? What a failed-up loser! He really believes he has the chops for a job way out of his league. Pelley, on the other hand, is a modern day hero. A brave man in a sea of cowards.
joeyc1.bsky.social6ABC should start hiring and launch a Sunday program called ‘One Hour’
Amy5"But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." ― The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Informed15Death of 60 minutes by a thousand cuts just to appease Trump to get approval of a merger.
nancyfriel.bsky.social4Pelley publicly exposed the censorious path CBS chose by hiring Bari Weiss. It is necessary, not uncivil, to call out cowardly bullies. Pelley has earned the respect of millions; Bilton is a total loser. 60 Minutes is one more Trump casualty, but Trump cannot destroy the integrity of honest people.
Pyperkub4But we were told that silencing voices was suppressing freedom of speech! Al Franken's book title "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" is still apropos.
Michelle Deitz4Every 60 Minutes’ correspondent and staffer should walk out.
Lizzie Ann4That is a badge of honor. Thank you, Scott.
Tommy 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇦4That’s an awfully long first paragraph. Perhaps he needed an editor.
Derek Bruff4The fact that Bilton put all that in a letter tells me all I need to know about his management skills.
John Adler4If you take out the references to Nick Bilton's career and his personal feelings, there's not much here. It's all "I'm the best boy and a very important boy with really good ideas but YOU were MEAN to ME!"
Athena 4Not surprised, but admire Scott Pelley for standing up to this new CBS propaganda regime. This is a big loss for CBS, which Nick will soon discover
Aayayay41 more nail in the CBS coffin.
Eileen A ❌👑4Any current 60 Minutes correspondent that stays after this should be ashamed. The show is officially dead, and I will never watch it again.
Warren4Love to see them defend "with cause" in court.
Joe Robertson4No serious person reading this would think the guy who just walked in the door is being sincere. The syntax is labored; the insistence on the same theme of “if only you liked me” is deeply revealing; a news editor shooting the messenger is totally disqualifying. All of this is obvious.
Edith Horwitz4Leslie Stahl must now resign. @60minutes.bsky.social
Dennis is a bastard man4It’s so funny and cunty to write a whole press release before you get to the important part about the firing. Bilton has the brain of an oxygen deprived hog
Cailís3*in female southern drawl* why Scott, ahh swoon at yahw incivility good god this network is doomed
OGBobbyJoshson3Not a single scenario where these people aren’t victims.
NJ2NC3Don't we all wish at some point in our life when faced with adversity from our employer that we could all be a Scott Pelley?
Barbara3He knew he’d be fired. But, the rest of us say thank you Scott for saying what should be said.
am-mccarthy.bsky.social3I thought they might wait a few weeks so as not to seem as fascist, but this just confirms their true intent behind the functioning of the network Boycott CBS
Gail Rebecca3This Bilton dude is quite the asshole
Katie3Bilton saying "I've devoted my career to investigative journslism" like his work isn't publicly available.
Kaydee3May they continue to Crash, Burn, and Sink (CBS) in their ratings.
Lilly of Copper Island3I'm guessing 60 Minutes will be airing episodes solely about Joe Biden's health and Hunter Biden's preferred drugs along with the search for the ever-elusive championship winning trans athlete going forward.
nobillie.bsky.social3If I am NBC or ABC, I am on the phone with Pelley right now offering him his own show, own staff, and own editorial control. And dare CBS to enforce the non-compete (assuming there is one).
thesuepl.bsky.social2What a petty little bitch
Raoul Meyer2I don't trust anyone who says they have devoted their career to storytelling unless they are a rhapsode.
PNW Food Forester2Tell me you're not leadership material without telling me you're not leadership material.
stefsopla.bsky.social2Antipathy! Egads! Fetch my smelling salts, muskets at dawn
Ed2The old “path together” BS .
John Hester2Bilton makes several claims/promises about how is going to approach his job. We should be able to measure the degree to which these claims are true. I look forward to his feet being held firmly to the fire.
Logc2Congress really needs to do something about monopoly’s, if Democrats are ever back in power.
CLJohnson2Edward R. Murrow probably turning over in his grave because of what's happened to CBS.
DazeGoneBy2All remaining 60 Minutes journalists should immediately resign- if they have any dignity left or wish to maintain their reputations.
ESC Riley 🏳️🌈2Way to fucking go, morons
strange american2No man has ever been more destroyed than Nick Bilton has by Scott Pelley
Schrödinger’s Nerd2Pelley and Colbert need to start a YouTube channel called “The Late 60 Minutes” with a subtitle “The More You Know…” and invite all former CBS employees to talk shit about CBS… I would love to be a guest!
teddyfan.bsky.social2Is anyone still watching @cbsnews.com? #BOYCOTTCBS
CaitBrie2This reads like a scared little boy who pissed his pants. And expects it to happen again. And again.
maplantgirl.bsky.social2I will never watch 60 Minutes again while those malignant lightweights are there.
Benita & Jonesy🐈⬛🪽💔🌈2Is anyone still watching CBS?🤔
hayleecomet.bsky.social2I hope their ratings go to zero. I know I stopped watching when this all started.
I like that for you!2Clearly he was intimidated by Pelley despite having a protestations to the contrary.
Scott Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes correspondent, was fired a day after taking aim at Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss’s leadership during a staff meeting for the show. Pelley received notice that he was being terminated for cause, effective immediately. www.wsj.com/business/med...
T-Fish🇨🇦🍁49He’s better off. Bari’s a cunt and destroyed CBS as soon as she came in. Try putting that on your resume 😆
arcadecabz.bsky.social40Fuck @cbsnews.com Fuck Bari Weiss. Kudos to Scott Pelley. You earned a fan.
Mel30When the cause is acting with integrity. He’s a superb correspondent. I can’t imagine what it would be like to see the show intentionally destroyed.
Jeffrey Brown 27They've already hired his replacement:
GwenieThinks 🤔26MSNOW should hire him immediately!!!
Alice Crandall25Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim need to follow him out. 60 Minutes will be lost without the journalistic integrity of the correspondents who made the show what it was. #cancel60minutes
MsPeggy25Good for him. CBS is dead anyway and he knew it.
tommylamb18seems like he 'caused' them to be intimidated lol
Dianne D18He knew this would be the outcome. More of this!
Despite All My Rage, I’m Still Just GenX Middle Age15Can we please get all these outstanding journalists to somehow join forces? It could bring a day of reckoning to the MSM.
Winggirle13It breaks my heart to know that David Ellison has MURDERED #60Minutes I grew up watching 60 minutes because my parents; I watch Nelson Mandela walk out of prison on 60-minutes and all the historic breaking stories. Do not support Paramount/CBS
(Lizzie)🏳️🌈🇺🇦🏳️🌈10That's a Lifetime Achievement Award in this day & age. Pelly will be just fine, he's too excellent not to.
LizB8You can't kill Lesley Stahl. Trump tried with his big fat health care plan of blank pages. She'll go on her own terms. Fuckers.
TakamineBill8Integrity can be dangerous to a career in the US corporate media.
Mary Teresa8I hope his parting words to CBS were: "That is rude."
Gnedreams 🇨🇦7Im pretty sure he doesn’t give a flying fk!
Real bosses don’t ever fire people who express their legitimate thoughts. Only cowards who don’t know what they’re doing fire people for speaking out.
fawkesyou.bsky.social7We stand with you Scott against the Ellisons and Daniela Weiss, or Bari…can’t remember which one is which
Scotty Boy6For cause?F off Weiss;I had already deleted all the CBS stations from our TV channel lineup,to make sure we can't accidentally tune them in.I had meant to record a day of broadcasting,in order to find out who advertised and let them know not watching anything on ch4(CBS)any more.Decided why bother?
Barry Tuck, aka Roger Dumbrowski6The network of Walter Cronkite and Edward R Murrow
Jmsfmmm6Time to walk out @60minutes.bsky.social employees.
Amy🧜♀️5She’s ruined 60 minutes and the news, but he will be fine because he’s a real journalist
Truscott Jones5If Leslie Stahl and the others stay, shame on them … not that I’d watch the show, or anything on CBS, under its current malevolent regime
Steven Hill5He knew this would happen. His stand embarrassed them and produced a ton of bad press; possibly spurring more of both. This was better for journalism than if he just resigned under protest, although resignation may have been personally better.
R.I.P. 60 Minutes. 😢 One of the best left in the buisness. I have never seen a network shoot itself in the foot so spectacularly. Fuck SeeBS.
HrhRaizen4Fuck @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Fuck @cbsnews.com Fuck David Ellison Fuck Bari Weiss AND Fuck Nick Bilton, the UNQUALIFIED executive producer who got his feeley feels hurt because Scott told the truth and call him & Bari UNQUALIFIED. Who else are you going to fire for telling the truth, Nick???
rosemaryblewis4Scott Pelley is all of us.💙
Tony Avellino4And sometimes we are more positively defined by the people who hate us than by the people who love us. Good on you, Scott! Wear this like the badge of honor that it is!
Hand of the King4For cause...because saying the TRUTH out loud is not allowed at State Media.
guruvy4The 60 Minutes stopwatch is ticking down on all of CBS. Scott Pelley, we salute you and thank you for saying what the majority of Americans see and feel.
chichi604And Leslie Stahl says what ?
Nick Kave 🇬🇷 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦4LOL 😂 For cause … CBS is a clown show through and through
jerismurfturf4Every star on every series getting ready to film their new seasons should get the blue flu! Shut down all productions on every show🤬🤬🤬this is an outrage
The Resistance4Another disgusting act by CBS
Rise Up & Resist Now!3"So surprised to hear CBS acting this way!"...said absolutely no one. But now he is free to continue ringing the alarm bell against authoritarianism. We the people will remember those who boldly spoke up and acted and those who cowardly capitulated and colluded. Heroes and villains.
Wait,,,what!?3Good got Scott. Fuck @Bari Weiss,,, fuck @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
Ginger3Not a surprise...but disappointing. CBS has tanked 60 Minutes and should be ashamed. To think of all the legends that came through CBS...
HBONON3Go Scott! Real journalists need to get their shit together and start reporting about the bad stuff.
Eric Harrington3They're sure not interested in keeping news viewers. Guess they'll be competing for Fox drones.
BlueDotBubba@LesDepew.bsky.social2He knew he was required to bend the knee or he was gone. That’s how state tv works, descent is not tolerated, apparently neither is decency. CBS = Compromised Bull Shit
corgilover129.bsky.social2Bitch is stupid, and why they gave her the job. She’s acting like some rich man’s pet dog, and now she’s gonna get bit.
✨ Kay Goodstadt ✍️ Author✨2So the call letters for C-B-S now stand for Complete Bull Shit.🤬
George Kaplan2I’ve noted his unsatisfactory performance for 31 years.
Romance reader monster2Im sure he's happy he's out
Darcy DH2He is a true badass! Way to go Scott!!! We’re allllllll behind you!
Sheryl2We must keep media, accountable for their actions. When they lie to the American people who know better
Michelle Deitz2Every 60 Minutes’ correspondent and staffer should walk out
🇺🇸DragonLady🍁☘️2I see the snowflakes still exist, even in June, at CBS.
Jaina B (ANTIFA Platoon Leader)2Dear remaining employees of CBS. In this moment you decide whether you have integrity. NOBODY is going to give kudos to those who ride out the sinking ship of fascism into oblivion. It means you gave tacit approval.
Peter Anderson2I applaud his courage. I will follow him wherever he goes.
The Resister Puppies are still Resisting 58 years later. 🐶2Sadly, this is the mainstream journalism that caves to tRump. There is no opposing views if you are a tRump loyalist. You are now a true propagandist or you are fired. Thank you, Scott Pelley ! I will follow you where ever you land.
CMaguire ANTIFA 🇺🇸2Pelley should fight CBS regarding that “for ‘cause” bullshit.
Girl from Downers Grove2I just heard Lawrence O'Donnell say that Pelley's story was like a real world example of the movie Network from 50 years ago, which won Paddy Chayefsky an Oscar for his script. Pelley will have a job within a week, maybe sooner, I predict. He stood up to authoritarian overreach, in real time.
squamishviews.bsky.social2CBS is Russian State Television!
bluefinsswimming.bsky.social2The maybe a court case looming there.
Michele CM🇨🇦2Wah. Scott was mean to us. Big babies.
Gen X Antifa Kitty 🐈⬛2Badge of honor to wear, sir.
May the Force be with us!2He went down fighting and telling the truth. That, America, is a true patriot and hero.
Big Steve (BP)2Means they plan to stiff him on the remainder of his contract, about $7 million.
@aubergenius22What was the cause, telling them where the bear shits?
Tim the Enchanter2CBS caved and cowered. Scott did not.
DmR2He will have no problems landing on his feet!
Scott Pelley was fired. Bari Weiss and Co are day by day killing a great journalism institution. For what? To appease a man who despises journalism, free speech, democracy and American values. Infuriating.
S. Anne ☮️ 🎶9Hopefully our next POTUS will be a Democrat and we can change the FCC chairman who's as corrupt as his boss.
Amy8"But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." ― The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
802nancy.bsky.social8Some organization should snatch up that whole 60 Minutes crew, and run with them.
JonSam7Gandhi knew. He took down the world's greatest super power. They will fall. They always do.
Jon VG5Hopefully everyone who works at 60 Minutes quits, because it is a dead man walking…RIP 60 Minutes.
✨ Kay Goodstadt ✍️ Author✨4So the call letters for C-B-S now stand for Complete Bull Shit.🤬
Anti-SS 🍺 🍻4We are heading into a full Authoritarian Government model, complete with Media Control. This is our future now. Not sure how we recover.
Bright Bart4You have to ask yourself what Bari Weiss was promised. Was it a large cash payout, crypto maybe. Was it a guarantee of a higher position by Ellison or another oligarch? Nobody does this on ideals.
Jonathan Everitt3100% the plan. Just look at the categories of people 60 Minutes has exposed through the decades. Of course they want it buried.
UNCIVIL DISOBEDIENCE NOW ! REVOLUTION !3You know they would have fired Walter Cronkite and Dan rather too
Diane in Ohio3This just makes me so sad. Another one of our cherished institutions destroyed due to Trump's pettiness.
Chrisby2Just plain scary. They're following their Project 2025 Manual to turn us into an autocracy. They're about 3/4 complete. No more freedoms. No more voting rights. Healthcare. All control over US & what we see & hear. We have no voice. These midterms are so important, STATE, House & Senate. VOTE BLUE
smbryantdj.bsky.social2Yep, pretty much. She's fucking sick. The Ellisons enable this behavior. CBS will end up like Fox News and Roger Ailes. Do not hate the local stations. They have no control over this bullshit.
Scott Pelley will be fine. And now everyone in journalism knows exactly who, and what, Nick Bilton is. I don't really believe many of these people will ever face what they deserve, but I deeply believe in the next best thing: Long memories.
Mark Harris151As far as I can tell, there are now just three correspondents left on 60 Minutes (down from seven). The best-known of them, Lesley Stahl, is 84. If I were she, I might consider ending my time there with an act of principle rather than with an accommodation to a corrupt regime.
Amy4"But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." ― The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Alice Crandall4Nick who? Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim should follow Scott Pelley out the door.
Charismatic Figure Like Me2Bilton’s demise will be delicious.
reeds in clay tablets > ai2Pelley will be fine yes. But America will suffer without the real 60 minutes.
Julie Wash2Proving every word of Pelley’s supposed misconduct.
“Pelley told 60 Minutes colleagues that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss said Pelley had created a “hostile work environment” & that Weiss asked him to write an apology letter. Evidently, this is not a request Pelley will comply with” perhaps as it’s not hostile to object to a fascist takeover
David Prohaska67Write an apology letter?? Is she a middle school principal? Time and again Weiss has demonstrated she has no business leading anyone - much less running a real news organization.
Steve Darnall51"Dear Bari Weiss: I'm so sorry that you created a hostile work environment."
ItsEasyBeingGreen29Hostile work environment is a specific term with a specific meaning and it doesn't mean "someone was hostile at work".
Lynn Schrader27I hope Scott Pelley tells them to take a flying leap!
TommyBen17I advise he be fired, it pays better.
CaitBrie14Hostile work environment claims that are filed with merit are a) punching down not up.b) based on repetitive conduct c) usually directed at a protected class (fascist or being the boss)l not listed) or safety and d) generally don’t involve incidents where the entire staff laughs except Bari.
Ariana Niko9Trump can’t even run his own White House, and somehow we’re supposed to believe he can run a war. What happened in the Persian Gulf tonight is a disaster. Trump is the most incompetent president in modern American history.
Maggie's Farm8How shocking that Bari Weiss would weaponize workplace harassment language in order to fire someone who dared to question her mission to destroy 60 Minutes.
Chris Adamson8Awwww, did poor wittle Bari get her feewings huwt?
chucklandia.bsky.social7Apparently, it’s a hostile work environment to do anything other than yelp “Thank you sir! May I have another?” Good for Pelley. At least go out with dignity.
barbjackson6HE created a hostile work environment?
Linda Marie 🕊️5Dear Bari: Fuck you. All the worst, America 🇺🇸
pamnapo.bsky.social5Bari is the biggest snowflake of all.
Stacia Lentz 5Maga ruins everything. 60 Minutes will become absolute trash without these excellent journalists. I hope they take their talents where they will be appreciated.
oggarby.bsky.social4Seems like demanding an apology letter is exactly what would happen in a hostile work environment
AntiFacistVETERAN4Evidently he pretty much told Weiss to fuck off.
lro70.bsky.social4Shoulda just kept him at his desk and write I will not create a hostile workplace 100 times before she let him go home
Heidi Finan3Weiss is the largest snowflake in media. And she’s gonna kill off cbs in the process.
ramarw.bsky.social3oh wow she’s *dumb* dumb
HrhRaizen3Who tf Bari Weiss thinks she's working with. Kids in jr high? It was clear as day from Scott's comments that he dgaf whether @cbsnews.com fired him. David Ellison & Weiss created the hostile work environment by destroying 60 MIns and then lying they're not. DON'T QUIT SCOTT! MAKE THEM FIRE YOU!
Trevor Pierce3He was being “rude”. And by “rude” he was stating Weiss and her lackeys were unqualified and firing career news people was cruel and short sighted. Censorship to appease the rump if I ever heard it.
Ande3She really thinks she’s something. She is something though, a fool the world is laughing at.
Goth Rat Summer3I super hope he writes a letter, just not the one she wants and one that is available to the public.
janehasopinions.bsky.social3It appears the hostile work environment is being created by Bari Weiss and the management of CBS. How far they've fallen since Walter Cronkite.
🔱Maltose Zaddy🍻2Saying “no” to the FREE SPEECH for ME not for THEE crowed = hostile work environment
Jen2I thought anti-DEI Bari wasn't supposed to blame the White guy for her abject failure?
Sean Solo2It is kind of fascinating to watch these fascist billionaires set their media assets on fire for tax cuts.
Darwin Woodka2I think Weiss is the one who has created a hostile work environement
juddkahn.bsky.social2What do you think Bari Weiss thinks Bari Weiss is doing? Is she a cynic or a believer?
BREAKING: '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley was just fired — by email — after saying Bari Weiss had "murdered" the newsmagazine. There is widespread belief that Pelley's departure could very well trigger a broader exodus.
MsCynt9Cowards couldn’t fire him in person. So on brand for this See BS group.
BetterBlues9I hope the journalist from 60 Minutes will start a new show and call it 90 Minutes to be aired on PBS. 60 minutes was never long enough. 💙
esblan.bsky.social8CBS is in crisis. A sinking ship.
SandraLyn4I hope it triggers a very strong response from his fellow journalists. But I have no hope on that front.
Jim of Pennsyltucky4@60minutes.bsky.social 60 Minutes was about journalistic truth. They abandoned truth to go with spin & demagoguery. They not only reject all the facts & truth in their broadcasts they fire the people that tell the truth about them. Their audience is not as ignorant as maga. Their plans will fail.
Mary Ann Jacob3And the ship goes down. They should all regroup and create a new show over at ABC
zacherle.bsky.social3I imagine this was expected. Thanks for many great reports, Scott. The others should quit too.
Imagine if any Republican Senator had the courage of Scott Pelley.
Juror 966Or even a Dem. Senator
rlalawyer.bsky.social4If they had Pelley's courage, they would not be Republican senators.
The Frolicking Gadfly3Pelley said Weiss "murdered" 60 Minutes. His exit, voluntary or involuntary, would affirm that observation. All that remains for the Bari/Bilton regime to do once Pelley is gone is to tidy up the bloodletting and have the Ellisons ask Trump if he's got space on his golf course to bury the victims. 🫤
Ido Amir2It's like imagining criminals protecting the rule of law... And that's not really an analogy.
gkelloggs.bsky.social2They’ve had them. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker. Halfway there were people like Bill Cassidy who voted to impeach Trump. There’s a longer list in the House. Our fellow citizens who vote in Republican primaries are largely responsible for our current, sorry state.
Stop Calling Me Frank2Scott Pelley could become our new Jean-Paul Marat.
