The Worst of CBS’s 60 Minutes

Newsbusters ^ | 9 June 2026 | Geoffrey Dickens

[Rummyfan]

Ever since his firing from 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley has been on a personal press tour, bellyaching about CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss wrecking - in his belief - one of the last bastions of truth in the news media.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

From the infamous Rathergate - where former CBS News anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes used forged documents in a hit piece about President George W. Bush’s National Guard Service to correspondent Lesley Stahl dismissing President Donald Trump on Hunter Biden’s laptop – even editing out his responses – the long-running show has abandoned journalistic ethics when it comes to covering conservatives and Republicans.

On the flipside, it’s run cover and offered softball coverage for Democrats like President Barack Obama, both Bill and Hillary Clinton, and used deceptive editing tactics to cover up former Vice President Kamala Harris’s gaffes.

NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham put it best in this 2024 column: “Nobody in TV news has been more overpraised than 60 Minutes. This horde of urbane leftist snobs has concocted syrupy minutes for Democrats (especially Barack Obama) and salty minutes for Republicans (especially Trump).”

What follows is just a sampling of leftist agenda (via the MRC archives) forwarded by Pelley and his fellow 60 Minutes blabbers Lesley Stahl, Morley Safer, Mike Wallace and Andy Rooney:

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[Rummyfan]

It's a long but necessarily abridged list.

[Steely Tom]

The gall of these people.

Well, they’re really no different than those big whoop senators who keep going back until they’re in their 80s and 90s because they think the world just can’t get along without their wisdom.

Anyway, get over yourself Scott. You’re not that important.

[johniegrad]

It was interesting in the early days primarily because of its format. But I stopped watching at least forty years ago when it became so glaringly partisan. Whether or not the program survives seems irrelevant. In fact, I hope it fails because of the damage it has done.

[econjack]

60 Minutes used to be a trustworthy source of information. Today, 60 Minutes is little more than a Democrat newsletter in video format. I refuse to watch it.

[ConservativeMind]

James O’Keefe is the only one doing the kind of risky news gathering 60 only rarely did, and he seems to find 100% liberals always in the wrong.

[OttawaFreeper]

You could also document how very virulently anti-gun and anti Second Amendment 60 Minutes is with their various related articles over the years.

[SkyDancer]

Also how they destroyed the farmers' apple orchards when Mt. St. Helen's blew up = said the ash killed or poisoned the crop when in fact it enhanced the fruit. Then too, how they almost destroyed Physio-Control when an EMT trying to use a Life Pack 10 and it didn't work because the batteries weren't charged - blamed the unit and the company.

60 Minutes has been disingenuous and lied through out their broadcasts.

[Fledermaus]

I never watched it much.

But saw a commercial for a segment months ago about the Israelis and the exploding pagers.

It was quite informative and political free.

That was the last time.

[spintreebob]

“60 Minutes used to be a trustworthy source of information.”

When was that? In my 82 years the media has always been biased. Sometimes I like the bias. Some of the time I don’t care as it is not “my” issue. Sometimes I agree with the bias.

I remember 60 minutes when I first came back from Vietnam. Very biased, both about Vietnam, and about domestic issues.

60 minutes was not alone in its bias.

[econjack]

I remember watching in the 70’s when they would present both sides of an issue and then stop reporting. You decided which side was right with your own understanding of the facts presented. I also enjoyed Andi Rooney’s closing comments on each broadcast. In my mind, it’s so biased now that I don’t even bother watching anymore.

[kawhill]

“Ever since his firing from 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley has been on a personal press tour, bellyaching about CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss wrecking - in his belief - one of the last bastions of truth in the news media.” You should be eligible for unemployment insurance Steve.

[catnipman]

really, it’s the producers that select and produce the fake stories ...nothing changes until ALL of the 60 minutes producers are replaced ... the newsreaders just read what the producers write for them to read ...

[Vaduz]

On the flipside indeed all left.