FCC Chief Slams ‘Out Of Touch’ Media in Pelley's 60 Minutes Fallout
TL;DR
FCC Chair Brendan Carr blasted Scott Pelley as ‘completely out of touch’ on social media after Pelley's NYT interview about his firing from 60 Minutes, part of CBS News leadership upheaval led by Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss. The Deadline recap describes Weiss defending editorial edits, Pelley's claim of bias, and industry pushback from SAG-AFTRA and WGAE, highlighting ongoing questions about editorial independence and trust in the media amid CBS’s internal shakeups.
- FCC Chair Brendan Carr Slams Scott Pelley As 'Completely Out Of Touch' Deadline
- Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ The New York Times
- Lesley Stahl Reveals the Moment CBS Broke ‘60 Minutes’ The Daily Beast
- Scott Pelley speaks: ‘CBS News is on fire’ and Bari Weiss should be removed CNN
- “Can We Make the Protesters Look More Violent?” Mother Jones
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