Nick Bilton, the new executive producer, has begun to put his stamp on the show. Up first: an exclusive interview with an officer who was aboard the F-15 fighter shot down over Iran.
The tech journalist and filmmaker was a surprise choice to lead a famously combative newsroom. His first week was chaos.
Nick Bilton said he had consulted with the program’s remaining correspondents: Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker. All three were deliberating whether to stay with the show, two people said.
Pelley was fired Tuesday after he slammed Weiss in a "60 Minutes" meeting with new executive producer Nick Bilton on Monday, claiming she was at the network to "kill" the program, and got into a heated exchange with the producer.
Veteran CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley was fired this week following a heated confrontation with the new executive producer of "60 Minutes," Nick Bilton. In a statement obtained by the Washington Post and other outlets, Pelley accused "new management" at CBS of instructing him to "inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story," and that "incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc." NewsNation's Laura Ingle joins "NewsNation Live" to discuss the reasoning for Pelley's firing and his response. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for…
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"60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton fired Pelley this week and later told staff he had attempted to resolve things amicably with the journalist, but failed.
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Nick Bilton, the newly installed executive producer of "60 Minutes ," has fired Scott Pelley after the veteran anchor assailed him in front of staff members during a meeting on Bilton's first day on the job. Why it matters: The leaked exchange showed how little confidence top talent has in the new management team at "60 Minutes " and CBS News. - Pelley told Bilton he lacked relevant expertise and that Bilton's new boss Bari Weiss was "murdering" CBS News' flagship show. Zoom in: In a termination letter, Bilton said he fired Pelley "for cause" after the confrontation. - He said he was disappointed the journalist chose to ambush him at his first meeting instead of have a conversation after he invited Pelley to dinner. - "Yesterday, you…
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.
Gross