{"id":2609633,"date":"2026-06-02T14:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-60-minutes-correspondent-accuses-his-bosses-of-murdering-the-show-in-meeting-tantrum\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:13:46","slug":"longtime-60-minutes-correspondent-accuses-his-bosses-of-murdering-the-show-in-meeting-tantrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-60-minutes-correspondent-accuses-his-bosses-of-murdering-the-show-in-meeting-tantrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; Correspondent Accuses His Bosses of &#8216;Murdering the Show&#8217; in Meeting Tantrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-60-minutes-correspondent-accuses-his-bosses-of-murdering-the-show-in-meeting-tantrum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CBS\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d has been hit by internal turmoil after correspondent Scott Pelley,in a reported Monday staff meeting with newly appointed executive producer Nick Bilton,launched harsh criticisms of the leadership changes. According to reports based on an alleged recording, Pelley accused Bilton-who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lacks conventional broadcast news experience-<\/a>of having \u201cslender\u201d qualifications, and also criticized CBS News chief Bari Weiss for what he said were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-california-voters-almost-evenly-split-on-recall-of-dem-gov-newsom-larry-elder-leading-republicans\/\" title=\"POLL: California Voters Almost Evenly Split On Recall Of Dem Gov. Newsom, Larry Elder Leading Republicans\">major missteps<\/a>, including catastrophic changes to \u201cCBS Evening News.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memo-reportedly-outlines-trump-lawyers-six-step-plan-to-overturn-bidens-victory\/\" title=\"Memo Reportedly Outlines Trump Lawyer\u2019s Six-Step Plan To Overturn Biden\u2019s Victory\">meeting reportedly<\/a> followed firings of Bilton\u2019s predecessor and two correspondents. Pelley argued the dismissals were \u201ccruel,\u201d while Bilton responded that he was not intimidated. Reports also say Weiss was not present at the meeting, though CBS leadership attempted to reach Pelley privately afterward and expressed disappointment that accusations were aired publicly. The wider conflict comes after Weiss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-meltdown-plays-out-in-private-facebook-group\/\" title=\"New ... Meltdown Plays Out in Private Facebook Group\">told staff<\/a> she wanted a \u201cnew approach\u201d to help \u201c60 Minutes\u201d thrive in the 21st century.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS\u2019s top-rated \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss was \u201cmurdering the show\u201d and accused its new producer of having \u201cslender qualifications\u201d for the job, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Pelley made his accusations in an introductory meeting Monday between the newsmagazine\u2019s staff and Nick Bilton, the new executive producer named by Weiss last week, according to a detailed report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/scott-pelley-60-minutes-nick-bilton-bari-weiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Status website<\/a>, which said it had heard a recording of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss herself was not present, according to the report. Status specializes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-media-hiding-that-illinois-has-more-covid-cases-than-florida\/\" title=\"Why Is Media Hiding That Illinois Has More COVID Cases Than Florida?\">media news<\/a> and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Status reported that Pelley, the longtime \u201c60 Minutes\u201d correspondent, began grilling Bilton at the 10 a.m. meeting about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-axes-two-prominent-figures-adds-outsider-executive-producer-big-60-minutes-shakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firings last week<\/a> of Bilton\u2019s predecessor, Tanya Simon, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.<\/p>\n<p>Status also reported that Pelley told Bilton, a former technology journalist and filmmaker with no traditional broadcast news experience, that his qualifications for the position were \u201cslender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelley also charged, according to Status, that Weiss herself had \u201cno qualifications for her job,\u201d and said the changes she had made to \u201cCBS Evening News,\u201d which Pelley once anchored, \u201chave been catastrophic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added that Bilton insisted that \u201cBari loves this institution\u201d and \u201cshe loves \u201960 Minutes&#8217;\u201d \u2014 to which Pelley countered, \u201cShe\u2019s murdering \u201860 minutes.\u2019 She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and she\u2019s doing exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS says leaders tried to reach out to Pelley.<\/p>\n<p>Two representatives of CBS News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>But a person close to CBS News leadership, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that both Weiss and Bilton had tried to reach out to Pelley late last week when the changes rocked the 57-year-old show to tell him that he was an integral part of \u201c60 Minutes\u201d and they wanted him to remain so.<\/p>\n<p>The person said Weiss and Bilton felt it was disappointing that Pelley\u2019s accusations were being aired publicly despite efforts to engage with him privately.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times, which also reported that it had listened to a recording of Monday\u2019s meeting, noted that Pelley\u2019s \u201cnewscaster\u2019s baritone\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tears-flowed-openly-staffers-melt-far-left-60-minutes-cbs-shakeups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shaking<\/a> during the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper also quoted an unnamed executive at the meeting as saying Weiss had been prepared to come, but \u201cwe asked her not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports about the contentious meeting came four days after Weiss, who has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bari-weiss-cbs-news-unveils-major-cuts-amid-industry-shakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polarizing figure<\/a> in the media world since taking the reins at CBS last October, told staff in a memo that it was time for a \u201cnew approach\u201d at the top-rated newsmagazine.<\/p>\n<p>In the memo, Weiss and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski said their goal was \u201cbuilding a show that thrives in the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat requires a new approach,\u201d they wrote, defining that approach as \u201cexpanding \u201860 Minutes\u2019 beyond a one-hour television broadcast, deepening its role across CBS News, and holding everything we produce to the ambition, fairness, and fearlessness that have defined \u201860 Minutes\u2019 at its best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bilton, they said, \u201cembodies the energy and ambition that animated the founders of the show. We cannot imagine a better fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Status report noted that Pelley was applauded multiple times by other staffers during the meeting. It said Pelley focused on the firings last week, calling them cruel.<\/p>\n<p>Bilton reportedly replied that he was not intimidated. \u201cI have been a journalist for 25 years, Scott,\u201d Status quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have sat and talked with incredibly powerful people like you have. None of it intimidates me, OK? 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