Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of pressuring 60 Minutes to frame Renee Good shooting segment
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Former 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley claims Bari Weiss pressured CBS News to alter a Renee Good shooting segment to portray protesters as more violent and Good as driving toward the officer; CBS denies political motive and says edits aimed to strengthen accuracy, while 60 Minutes faces leadership changes and Pelley’s firing amid debates over editorial independence.
- Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’ The Guardian
- Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ The New York Times
- Pelley says CBS News ‘is on fire’ The Hill
- "60 Minutes" correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they'll stay Axios
- Scott Pelley gives emotional first interview about '60 Minutes' firing USA Today
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