{"id":897,"date":"2026-06-07T06:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:10:19","slug":"fired-60-minutes-star-sails-on-after-cbs-blowup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"Fired \u201860 Minutes\u2019 Star Sails On After CBS Blowup"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Scott Pelley looks ready to sail into the sunset.<\/p>\n<p>Days after being fired from <i>60 Minutes<\/i> following a spectacular blowup with CBS News management, the veteran journalist resurfaced on social media with a brief message for the supporters who have rallied behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=895\">Trump, 79, Honors D-Day Heroes by Praising Himself<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cTo all of you who have been so kind, you are the wind in my sails,\u201d Pelley wrote on Instagram Saturday alongside a photo of himself steering a boat. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo deeply grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post marked a dramatic change in tone from a week in which Pelley launched blistering attacks on the network\u2019s new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran correspondent was fired on Tuesday after a dramatic confrontation during a staff meeting with newly installed <i>60 Minutes<\/i> executive producer Nick Bilton, who has no experience in broadcast news.<\/p>\n<p>Pelley also accused CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of \u201cmurdering\u201d the iconic newsmagazine and claimed she had been brought in to dismantle it.<\/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 told Bilton.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton later accused Pelley of staging an \u201cambush\u201d and displaying \u201cremarkable incivility and contempt\u201d during the meeting before terminating the longtime correspondent and ending his 37-year career at CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started this job excited to collaborate and to benefit from the wisdom and experience of the <i>60 Minutes<\/i> veterans, with you among them,\u201c Bilton wrote in Pelley\u2019s termination letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a profound disappointment that you rejected that overture and chose ambush instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy farewell statement, the veteran correspondent accused CBS\u2019 new leadership of sacrificing <i>60 Minutes<\/i> to appease the Trump administration and abandoning the values that made the program a television institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration,\u201d Pelley wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=893\">Trump Slaps a UFC Makeover on His Latest Grift<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe waste is heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelly also claimed he had been instructed to inject \u201cfalsehoods and bias\u201d into a politically sensitive story and pressured to include unverified assertions on air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well,\u201d Pelley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Pelley has shown little sign of backing away from those claims.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The New York Times, which is set to be released in full on Sunday, Pelley doubled down on allegations that the network\u2019s new leadership is tilting coverage in favor of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have respected journalists saying that there is a thumb on the scale for one political party over another,\u201d Pelley said in a preview clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s a subtle political bias that I\u2019ve never seen at <i>60 Minutes<\/i> before, or at CBS News before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the network could still change course but warned that, \u201cright now, CBS News, in my view, is on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone has rallied to Pelley\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s episode of <i>Real Time<\/i>, host Bill Maher said he supported Pelley\u2019s firing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m for it,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I would have noticed any difference if I hadn\u2019t been reading about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian was equally dismissive of Pelley\u2019s stature at the network.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t think being a <i>60 Minutes<\/i> correspondent is that hard,\u201d Maher said. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like Scott Pelley was a national treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=891\">Newsom Mocks MAGA Priorities With Savage Epstein Swipe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Pelley looks ready to sail into the sunset. Days after being fired from 60 Minutes following a spectacular blowup with CBS News management, the veteran journalist resurfaced on social media with a brief message for the supporters who have rallied behind him. 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