Posted on 06/01/2026 9:32:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
60 Minutes veteran correspondent Scott Pelley reportedly unleashed on CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss' job qualifications and claimed she's "murdering" the show in a heated meeting with his new boss, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Weiss, 42, was not present for the blowup between Pelley, 68, and the show's new executive producer, Nick Bilton – the hand-picked choice of the former Free Press boss to lead the storied newsmagazine into a new era.
Nick Bilton Claims Bari Weiss 'Loves 60 Minutes'
Bilton's hiring was announced on May 28, and he tried to lead a friendly meet-and-greet with staffers on June 1, but Pelley's temper tantrum cut the meeting short.
The former New York Times tech writer, 49, was joined by CBS News managing editor Charles Forelle, a close colleague of Weiss'. In audio from the meeting the New York Times, Bilton explained that he wasn't going to make any drastic changes to the show.
"For me, the journalism is the journalism. That is why I am here. That is why we are all here," he told staffers, according to the tape.
“The rumors people are spreading, that I’m going to turn the show into 60 one-minute episodes, that it’s going to be like TikTok, that is not changing. The show is going to stay exactly like it is for now," he continued, but then warned of the industry, “Broadcast is an ice cube that is melting."
Bilton also gushed to staffers that Weiss “loves 60 Minutes," and that's when Pelley exploded.
Scott Pelley Claimed Bari Weiss Was 'Brought in to Kill 60 Minutes'
The show veteran raged, "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 then fumed not only about former New York Times opinion editor, but also about his brand-new boss, who has a background as an author and documentary filmmaker. Neither has worked in TV news until their current positions.
"She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she’s made at the Evening News have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?" the Texas native erupted.
Pelley then made it clear to Bilton that he will never find a happy home at 60 Minutes, especially after the recent terminations of his predecessor, Tanya Simon, executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, in what is now known as "Black Thursday."
According to the audio obtained by the Times, Pelley asked Bilton why he accepted his new position with the show, "knowing that you will never be welcome here."
Per the Times, Bilton replied, "I have no problem taking a job in a place that I am not welcome in. I don’t think that will be the case."
"I have been a journalist for 25 years, Scott. I’ve sat across from incredibly powerful people like you have, and none of it intimidates me. OK? So you are not going to intimidate me in front of this group of people. I want that to be clear," he added.
The meeting ended after a brief 15 minutes and the room erupted in applause for Pelley following Bilton's departure, according to the outlet.
Bari Weiss Praised New '60 Minutes' Executive Producer as 'The Perfect Leader'
In the announcement about Bilton's hiring, Weiss called him "one of the most entrepreneurial journalists of our time and the perfect leader for one of the most entrepreneurial news brands of all time."
CBS News president Tom Cibrowski shared that Bilton's hiring "represents a deliberate vision for 60 Minutes to go beyond an hour on Sunday evenings to become a 360-degree product that reaches audiences wherever they consume information."
Kelley is slime. Always has been.
Pelley - not Kelley.
..Pelley then made it clear to Bilton that he will never find a happy home at 60 Minutes, especially after the recent terminations of his predecessor, Tanya Simon, executive editor Draggan Mihailovich, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, in what is now known as “Black Thursday.”..
..., Pelley asked Bilton why he accepted his new position with the show, “knowing that you will never be welcome here.”...
...The meeting ended after a brief 15 minutes and the room erupted in applause for Pelley following Bilton’s departure,...
Smell ya later Scott Pelly, and take the rest of the losers with you
60 Lies a Minute.
It was always a murdered show.
A rat got stepped on and now it is squealing.
How about apples and ALAR?
The best performance of Tom Cruise’s entire career.
I don’t know how anyone can listen to or look at Pelley. His entire presentation gives me the creeps.
I actually enjoy seeing Scott Pelley throwing a rage snit fit. He is such a supercilious and self righteous little prig.
Feb 19, 2026
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Uh-oh, Scott is going to be accused of antisemitism in 3, 2, 1...
No joke, he deserved the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Les Grossman.
Probably the greatest “swing and a miss” in the Academy’s history.
Nope. It’s okay. He’s a uber lib Dem..............
I forget what the question was, but the old b!tch said to Trump, “It’s been debunked.”
Trump replied, “How?”
And B!TCH said, “Because it’s been debunked.”.............
Dale Carnegie works.
I used to love watching 60 Minutes. Then, in college (around 1980) a professor showed us a full 60 Minutes report on nuclear power that included an interview with power plant manager. The guy sounded like a fool and I wanted nothing to do with nuclear power after seeing this.
Then, our professor showed us video of the entire unedited interview with the plant manager. It shocked me to my core. It was 180 degrees different. The guy was thoughtful, informative, even cheerful. He made a strong case FOR nuclear power.
I was never able to watch 60 Minutes after that. It’s impossible to know truth when you watch them.
Yep. Its like that with the whole corporate media. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.......once you see them blatantly outright LIE to you, you start to question everything else they’ve told you. Then you investigate some things you thought you knew for sure and OH MY GOD! I’ve seen that happen with several people.
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