{"id":531,"date":"2026-06-02T09:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=531"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:13:29","slug":"60-minutes-legend-tears-into-maga-curious-cbs-boss-in-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=531","title":{"rendered":"\u201860 Minutes\u2019 Legend Tears Into MAGA-Curious CBS Boss in Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The former executive producer of <i>60 Minutes<\/i> eviscerated CBS News\u2019 Trump-friendly boss Bari Weiss after she was accused of trying to kill off the network\u2019s flagship show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=529\">Legendary Singer, 82, Reveals \u2018Upsetting\u2019 Discovery After Cancer Diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Owens, who quit <i>60 Minutes<\/i> last April because of the threat to its editorial independence, addressed the explosive remarks from correspondent Scott Pelley earlier in the day in which he told Nick Bilton, the magazine show\u2019s new executive producer, that Weiss was \u201cmurdering\u201d <i>60 Minutes.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While accepting the Gabe Pressman Truth to Power Award at the New York Press Club\u2019s annual dinner on Monday, Owens praised Pelley as someone who \u201ccan smell a fraud from a mile away\u201d while launching other scathing attacks on Weiss and Bilton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe [Pelley] stood up the way that I did a year ago, and I couldn\u2019t be prouder of him, and I know all the people at <i>60 Minutes<\/i> couldn\u2019t be prouder of him,\u201d Owens said. \u201cSo in a way, I\u2019ll accept this award today on behalf of my friend Scott and all the people at <i>60 Minutes<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens described Weiss\u2014who had no experience in television news production before she was parachuted into the editor-in-chief role by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison\u2014as merely an \u201copinion writer who was best known for being an ideologue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called out the handling of what CBS News staff dubbed \u201cBlack Thursday,\u201d which saw the firing of several figures from the network, including correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi and executive producer Tanya Simon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were fired by people who don\u2019t even know what we do. They don\u2019t actually care,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n<p>The speech from the former executive producer is the latest example of those with ties to <i>60 Minutes <\/i>calling out Weiss and her plans to overhaul the long-running show.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Pelley trashed Weiss and Bilton to his face during a tense staff meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=527\">Trump\u2019s Bonkers Demand for \u2018Gift\u2019 From World Leader Exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she\u2019s been doing exactly that,\u201d Pelley said, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she\u2019s made at the <i>Evening News<\/i> have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelley was seemingly referring to Weiss\u2019 decision to promote Tony Dokoupil to the prestigious<i> Evening News <\/i>slot, which has frequently left the show failing to meet the industry benchmark of 4 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Other controversies overseen by Weiss include pulling an \u201cInside CECOT\u201d segment about the notorious El Salvador prison used to house Trump administration deportees just before it was due to air, and assigning anchors from across the network to conduct high-profile interviews rather than the show\u2019s usual correspondents.<\/p>\n<p>An insider also attacked Weiss for not attending Monday\u2019s crunch meeting herself and instead sending Bilton and her deputy, Charles Forelle, to face off with the irate <i>60 Minutes<\/i> team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBari may have six bodyguards, but she seems afraid to stand by her man Nick and face the grilling at <i>60 Minutes<\/i>,\u201d a television news executive told Status. \u201cNo other explanation for sending him to slaughter today and not being there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere during his Monday night speech, Owens said that neither he nor <i>60 Minutes<\/i> is \u201cperfect\u201d and that \u201cWe\u2019ve made mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always owned up to them, but I can tell you there\u2019s a rigor in how <i>60 Minutes<\/i> approaches every story that isn\u2019t what this crew is looking to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=525\">Trump Sets New Posting Record as Mania Spirals Out of Control<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted CBS News for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former executive producer of 60 Minutes eviscerated CBS News\u2019 Trump-friendly boss Bari Weiss after she was accused of trying to kill off the network\u2019s flagship show. 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