Fired CBS Legend Drops Bombshells on Bari Weiss in Explosive Tell-All

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Ousted 60 Minutes legend https://www.thedailybeast.com/fired-60-minutes-star-scott-pelley-delivers-message-to-supporters/" rel="">Scott Pelley isn’t holding back about the blatant bias he says is taking hold at CBS News.

Pelley, who was fired after confronting CBS Editor-in-Chief https://www.thedailybeast.com/bari-weiss-blames-60-minutes-star-scott-pelley/" rel="">Bari Weiss and other executives over what he viewed as the network’s rightward shift, appeared on The New York Times’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html" rel="">The Interview podcast and detailed “the fire” ablaze at his former network.

On Sunday, the 68-year-old veteran correspondent accused Weiss, a former conservative blogger with no previous newsroom management experience, of attempting to interfere with the once-pristine newsmagazine show on behalf of the Trump administration.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-legend-scott-pelley-drops-bombshells-on-cbs-boss-bari-weiss-in-explosive-tell-all/">Read more at The Daily Beast.