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“Incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc,” Pelley said in a statement, referring in part to CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.

Pelley’s exit deepens the turmoil at “60 Minutes,” the leading newsmagazine on American television. In recent months, “60 Minutes” employees have clashed with CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss over the show’s editorial direction under its new corporate owner, Paramount Skydance, the media company run by technology scion David Ellison.

The tension reached a fever pitch Monday during a “60 Minutes” staff meeting designed to introduce employees to Bilton, a technology journalist tapped by Weiss to be executive producer of the program. Pelley laced into Bilton, according to an audio recording obtained by NBC News and a source who was in the room.

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[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago

I resent the fact that they referred to that trust fund baby as a technology scion. He's a technology scion in the same way a 16 year old is a race car driver after his dad bought him a Corvette.

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world 31 points 3 hours ago

Pelley did not mention Weiss or Bilton by name in his lengthy written statement about his firing. But he said “new management” had instructed him to “inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story” and told him to report unverified assertions.

Paramount and CBS can suck it. I’m a Trekkie but it looks like I won’t be watching my favorite Star Trek shows for the foreseeable future.

[-] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 16 points 2 hours ago

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Take this. Stay low. You'll know when we're clear.

[-] mracton@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago

I’ve been a Drag Race fan from the beginning, but I stopped watching any of the programming since the Paramount/Skydance merger. With the next merger I’m going to have to VPN into Canada or 🏴‍☠️ the next season of Heated Rivalry.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

it looks like I won’t be watching my favorite Star Trek shows for the foreseeable future.

Because no one else is.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Recorded footage of the event:

Bari Weiss: And another thing - you're fired! And that's official!

[-] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 71 points 4 hours ago

Jesus fucking Christ. He accused them of murdering 60 minutes, so they shank him while everybody’s watching - for insubordination. These hideous goblins want you to be afraid of them because they “don’t fuck around,” but really all they’re doing is permanently destroying anyone’s respect for them.

[-] zueski@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 hours ago

They are also killing a respected institution and treating its corpse as a marionette.

[-] robomuffin79@lemmy.world 31 points 5 hours ago

He should consider himself lucky Weiss didn’t sic the IDF on him

[-] homes@piefed.world 18 points 5 hours ago
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