Hi there,

You can count on Democracy Now! to bring you the latest news on the key midterm races that will determine the balance of power in the House and Senate—but we can’t do it alone. We rely on you to produce our independent journalism. Please start your monthly donation today, so we can keep bringing you the news you can’t find anywhere else. Every dollar makes a difference. Thank you so much!

Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman

Non-commercial news needs your support.

We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. If you visit us daily or weekly or even just once a month, now is a great time to make your monthly contribution.

Please do your part today.

Donate

Veteran “60 Minutes” Correspondent Pelley Blasts CBS News Leadership

HeadlineJun 02, 2026

Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley openly revolted against CBS News leadership Monday at a staff meeting meant to introduce the show’s newly appointed executive producer, Nick Bilton. Bilton is a tech journalist installed by CBS’s editor-in-chief Bari Weiss after she fired the show’s two top correspondents, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, alongside executive producer Tanya Simon. When Bilton reportedly told the staff that Weiss loved CBS News and “60 Minutes,” Pelley shot back, “She is murdering '60 Minutes.' She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that.” Pelley also declared that Bilton would “never be welcome here.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top