Mr. Pelley, a longtime correspondent and former “Evening News” anchor, harshly criticized the show’s leadership in an extraordinary exchange during a staff meeting on Monday.
In the first major case since the justices narrowed the Voting Rights Act, the court cleared the way for Alabama to use a map preferred by Republicans that eliminates a majority-Black district.
The ruling comes after accusations that President Donald Trump weaponized his Justice Department by indicting ex-FBI chief James Comey for using the phrase.
The veteran journalist “can smell a fraud from a mile away,” Bill Owens said of Pelley while criticizing the network’s hiring of Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss.