CBS Boss Explains Why Anti-Trump ’60 Minutes’ Host Was Fired

executive producer in May after CBS leadership dismissed longtime 60 Minutes executive producer Tanya Simon.

The controversy erupted after CBS News terminated veteran journalist Scott Pelley on Tuesday, one day after a tense staff meeting reportedly devolved into a heated confrontation with newly appointed “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton

During the meeting, Pelley reportedly told Bilton that his qualifications for the role were “slender” and accused Weiss of “murdering” the network.

According to reports, Weiss was not present during the exchange, The Hill noted.

🚨 NEW: Greg Gutfeld SLAMS fired CBS host Scott Pelley as a “self-serious weasel,” adding “every time he speaks it’s as though it has some ‘historical urgency’.”

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