The first thing you learn about Bari Weiss' new 60 Minutes golden child Nick Bilton is that the dude's a true weasel.

[Miles Archer]

The new executive producer of the once-renowned CBS News show, Nick Bilton, terminated Pelley after he claimed Pelley refused to “find a path forward together” on Tuesday, according to a post from Puck News journalist Dylan Byers.

“Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear,” the termination email said in part.

“I know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don’t say this lightly. I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground. That was not the path Scott chose,” Bilton said in the message.

“What I regret most is that this situation interfered with the conversation I had hoped to have with you about Season 59 and the future of this show. I realize this is a great deal of change in a very short time, and I wouldn’t pretend otherwise,” he also said.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scott-pelley-leaves-60-minutes-following-explosive-showdown-with-new-boss_n_6a1ef6dbe4b032392fa65d6c

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Clown has diminished himself by trying to dictate to one of the world's permier journalists

All MAGA ass hats are on a power trip

[eShirl]

2. keep digging CBS's grave, little Nicky

[dem4decades]

3. 60 minutes is so over. I stopped watching it already. CBS News too, Fox News Lite these days

[sop]

4. Bilton and Weiss and are Ellison's hatchetmen (and hatchetwoman), they were put in place to neuter CBS.

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'He lied to us’: CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison ‘just can’t be trusted'

"During his symbolic first stop at the CBS News offices after closing the Paramount-Skydance mega-merger last month, David Ellison – the network’s new owner – said 'all the right things' during his meet-and-greet with staff."

"Barely a month later, whatever goodwill the chief executive had built up had evaporated entirely, with multiple network staffers telling The Independent that Ellison had 'lost the trust' of the newsroom, who now see him as nothing but a 'liar' as he takes steps to appease the right and President Donald Trump."

"According to sources, Ellison’s lack of credibility with the 'Tiffany Network' news staff comes down to the 'broken promises' he delivered following a politically-strained merger process that saw Paramount’s former leadership agree to pay Trump $16 million to settle a 'meritless' lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cbs-news-david-ellison-bari-weiss-b2827230.html

[Phoenix61]

5. His "misbehavior"? WTAF! If he thinks calling

an employee sharing his opinion at a staff meeting "misbehavior" will create a for cause firing situation I think he's in for a surprise.

[rubbersole]

6. Any negative press the CBS debacle causes the Ellisons...

..is a mere hang nail on the fist of control over America's media platforms. Controlling government requires controlling the message. Sure seems to be working.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning:

Link to tweet