{"id":2610098,"date":"2026-06-03T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-pelley-throws-tantrum-after-cbs-fires-him-they-wanted-favor-with-the-trump-administration\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:48:55","slug":"scott-pelley-throws-tantrum-after-cbs-fires-him-they-wanted-favor-with-the-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-pelley-throws-tantrum-after-cbs-fires-him-they-wanted-favor-with-the-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Pelley Throws Tantrum After CBS Fires Him: They Wanted &#8216;Favor with the Trump Administration&#8217;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fscott-pelley-throws-tantrum-after-cbs-fires-him-they-wanted-favor-with-the-trump-administration%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=2610098&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>Scott Pelley said CBS News terminated his contract with \u201c60 Minutes\u201d after 37 years, and he accused new management of abandoning the program\u2019s values. In a statement reported by Dylan Byers, Pelley claimed leadership directed him to include \u201cfalsehoods and bias\u201d in politically sensitive reporting and to use details he considered unverified. He also said correspondents were being chosen in a way that gave politicians too much control over interview content,calling that approach not how the show is run.<\/p>\n<p>Pelley said he left because the \u201ccollapse of values at the top\u201d became \u201cuntenable\u201d and that \u201c60 Minutes\u201d was no longer recognizable under the new direction. CBS leadership, however, said he was fired for cause because he was unwilling to work with management as the network tried to restore objectivity after years of controversy over the show\u2019s reporting.  <\/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>Scott Pelley confirmed late Tuesday that he had been fired from CBS News and \u201c60 Minutes\u201d after a 37-year run with the network.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-investor-slams-shift-to-woke-marvel-films\/\" title=\"Disney investor criticizes change to socially conscious Marvel movies\">lengthy statement obtained<\/a> by Dylan Byers with Puck News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-scott-pelley-60-minutes-accuses-cbs-news-head-bari-weiss-murdering-show-report-says\/\">Pelley<\/a> accused new management of abandoning the values of \u201c60 Minutes\u201d and claimed the network was changing course to gain favor with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old said he was leaving because \u201cthe collapse of values at the top has become untenable\u201d and because the leadership of \u201c60 Minutes\u201d was \u201cno longer recognizable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New statement from Scott Pelley:<\/p>\n<p>There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >major online platform<\/a> has extended its reach to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DylanByers\/status\/2062013125554246140?\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pelley also alleged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-biden-administration-border-patrol-officers-pressured-to-allow-border-crossing-without-vetting\/\" title=\"Under the Biden Administration, Border Patrol officers face pressure to permit border crossings without proper vetting\">management directed<\/a> him to include \u201cfalsehoods and bias\u201d in a politically sensitive story and pushed him to use information he considered unverified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I\u2019ve been told to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/14-lies-kamala-harris-told-during-her-dnc-speech\/\" title=\"14 Lies Kamala Harris Told During Her DNC Speech\">include assertions<\/a> that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done,\u201d Pelley continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion \u2014 a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again \u2014 a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cEvening News\u201d anchor did not comment on the vast falsehoods CBS has pushed on Americans in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Such falsehoods include lies from CBS about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop and immigration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201c60 Minutes\u201d is the most prestigious TV news program in America. But a new review of the last 20 years of its reporting reveals serious inaccuracies and partisan bias on immigration, transgenderism, climate change, Covid, Russiagate, the Hunter Biden laptop, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7YgGK3Lbjw\">pic.twitter.com\/7YgGK3Lbjw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shellenberger\/status\/2061862933324496897?\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to CBS leadership, Pelley was terminated after executives concluded he was unwilling to work with new management as the company sought to restore objectivity and public trust following years of controversy surrounding the program\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n<p>In a termination letter to Pelley from \u201c60 Minutes\u201d executive producer Nick Bilton, the newly-hired showrunner expressed frustration that Pelley was unwilling to work with him as CBS tries to swing itself back to the middle after years of pandering only to the far left.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BREAK?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAK<\/a>: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley\u2019s contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbXyX8PBBv\">pic.twitter.com\/vbXyX8PBBv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DylanByers\/status\/2061982936698892423?\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. 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