FCC Chair Brendan Carr Rips Scott Pelley as ‘Completely Out of Touch’ After CBS Firing

FOXNews.com:

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr slammed former "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley on Sunday after Pelley said he did not expect to be fired from CBS News following a heated clash with the program's new leadership. 

 

Carr responded to Pelley's remarks in a post on X, where he argued the longtime CBS journalist's reaction reflected a broader problem inside legacy media. 

 

"One of the reasons why trust in media is so low is because many legacy journalists are completely out of touch," Carr said.

Pelley is a whiny, little bitch and a hack. Seriously, what did he expect was going to happen after he lashed out at his new bosses the way he did? I mean, even if he really thought Weiss was bad bews, a real professional journalist would've stayed on and given her a chance to see what editorial direction '60 Minutes' was going before deciding to quit. But nah, Pelley wants you to believe that he's the good guy here and judging from his severe narcissism, a martyr at that. That's why instead of going away silently after being canned, he's throwing a fit on all these news shows and podcasts so he can paint himself as a 'hero' who stood up in the face of MAGA-extremists. Except that's a lie, because '60 Minutes' has been biased for a long time now, favoring Democrat talking points and treating Republicans much less favorably than Democrats. That said, look for Pelley to continue his newfound journey by going the Jim Acosta and Don lemon route, starting an anti-Trump Resistance podcast and bringing on a bunch of liberal journalist, Never Trumpers and Democrat establishment figures--it's all so lucrative and predictable.

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'60 Minutes' Fires Insubordinate Reporter Scott Pelley in Scorched-Earth Letter

Mediaite.com:

Veteran anchor Scott Pelley was fired by CBS News on Tuesday, a day after his explosive meeting with new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton. 

 

Bilton announced Pelley’s termination in a letter addressed to the longtime 60 Minutes correspondent, obtained by Mediaite. 

 

“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt,” wrote Bilton. “Yesterday’s performative display of hostility enacted in front of the staff instead of in a civil, private conversation demonstrated that you have no interest in contributing to the future success of the show, or approaching my new tenure with a mind open to collaboration and progress.”

No surprise here as Pelley is a self-righteous prick, a narcisstist and a liberal hack posing as an objective journalist who got his panties wet after CBS hired Bari Weiss in a serious attempt to do real journalism instead of catering to wokeism. Besides, now that he's fired Pelley can be his true self: start a podcast, go join the anti-Trump Resistance and be a regular on Jim Acosta's podcast berating Trump and the GOP every minute.

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Former CBS Investigative Reporter Catherine Herridge said CBS News Executives Postponed Airing Her Reports on the Contents of Hunter Biden’s Laptop

TheDailyCaller.com:

Former CBS investigative reporter Catherine Herridge said Thursday CBS News executives postponed airing her reports on the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop. 

 

Herridge began working as an independent journalist after CBS laid her off in February 2024 while she was fighting a legal battle over whether she should be forced to disclose a source, after clashes with CBS executives at the time. Herridge said in the video posted on X that she clashed with executives over the timing of her report on the Hunter Biden laptop contents. 

 

“When we did the story, we did it after the (2022) midterms,” Herridge said. “I argued against that because it was ready before the midterms and my training is that you should always do the story when it’s ready to go. You should not be dictated by the political cycle.”

So here's the story of a major news outlet conspiring to effect the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections and no one makes a big deal about it. While at the same time, Democrats and the Left collude to smear and destroy new Editorial Chief Bari Weiss from bringing real journalism to this dump truck of a news network.

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CBS News Names Former New York Times Writer Bari Weiss as Editor-in-Chief

Politico.com:

Bari Weiss, co-founder and CEO of The Free Press, has been appointed CBS News’ editor-in-chief, Paramount announced on Monday. The Free Press will now operate under the company as well.

It’s a major move from the company, which merged with Skydance Corp. in August under CEO David Ellison. Under Ellison, the company has made several strategic acquisitions and is reportedly exploring acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery.

“This move is part of Paramount’s bigger vision to modernize content and the way it connects – directly and passionately – to audiences around the world,” Ellison said in a statement. “We believe the majority of the country longs for news that is balanced and fact-based, and we want CBS to be their home.”

Although she's really a centrist (if you bothered to read her Substack blog you'd already know this), Weiss is more known for being a Zionist, calling out cancel culture and for being anti-woke, so of course the Left is having a collective hissyfit over this hire. Be interesting to see what if any big names she brings on to CBS like say a Matt Taibbi or Glenn Greenwald.

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