“Incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc,” Pelley said in a statement, referring in part to CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.
Pelley’s exit deepens the turmoil at “60 Minutes,” the leading newsmagazine on American television. In recent months, “60 Minutes” employees have clashed with CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss over the show’s editorial direction under its new corporate owner, Paramount Skydance, the media company run by technology scion David Ellison.
The tension reached a fever pitch Monday during a “60 Minutes” staff meeting designed to introduce employees to Bilton, a technology journalist tapped by Weiss to be executive producer of the program. Pelley laced into Bilton, according to an audio recording obtained by NBC News and a source who was in the room.
34 Comments
SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 124 pts · 98d
Jesus fucking Christ. He accused them of murdering 60 minutes, so they shank him while everybody’s watching - for insubordination. These hideous goblins want you to be afraid of them because they “don’t fuck around,” but really all they’re doing is permanently destroying anyone’s respect for them.
zueski@lemmy.zip · 62 pts · 98d
They are also killing a respected institution and treating its corpse as a marionette.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 98d
Nah. All this is, is sabotage of dissent.
We are in an information war right now. And losing.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 98d
US TV used to mock Soviet Russia about this.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
🏴☠️
hemmes@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 98d
Paramount and CBS can suck it. I’m a Trekkie but it looks like I won’t be watching my favorite Star Trek shows for the foreseeable future.
Cenotaph@mander.xyz · 33 pts · 98d
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 98d
Take this. Stay low. You'll know when we're clear.
mracton@piefed.social · 10 pts · 98d
I’ve been a Drag Race fan from the beginning, but I stopped watching any of the programming since the Paramount/Skydance merger. With the next merger I’m going to have to VPN into Canada or 🏴☠️ the next season of Heated Rivalry.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 98d
Wait, is WoW owned by paramount now?
mracton@piefed.social · 3 pts · 98d
Not ownership of WoW, but all the US programs and maybe UK/Canada are exclusive to Paramount+ at least as a first run, barring any recent changes I don’t know about.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 98d
Ah, got it. That's at least better than what I thought, but still not great.
Coldcell@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 98d
A VPN lets you see how well supported the de-Paramount trek fans are. Try it, the waters of the high seas are waiting.
redsand@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 98d
Your local library will get every season on bluray if they don't already have it just ask. Or download any of the many better than stream quality rips.
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 97d
Stremio
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 97d
I’ve watched all of Strange New Worlds so far but I’ve never once given CBS money over it
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 98d
Because no one else is.
robomuffin79@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 99d
He should consider himself lucky Weiss didn’t sic the IDF on him
homes@piefed.world · 22 pts · 99d
Yet
tempest@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 98d
I resent the fact that they referred to that trust fund baby as a technology scion. He's a technology scion in the same way a 16 year old is a race car driver after his dad bought him a Corvette.
msfroh@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 98d
It doesn't imply that he's technical. The Merriam-Webster definition of scion being used here is "a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family".
His family is wealthy because of technology (Oracle) and he's the descendant.
leadore@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 98d
60 Minutes is dead. The other presenters (and writers, etc who don't agree with new mgmt) should quit now if they have any principles and self-respect. Besides they're old and rich, why would they want to stay on anyway? Show some solidarity/integrity.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 98d
CBS and paramount is dead. Just wait for the first nazi star trek. Its coming. Full of big boobs and mini skirts with a lot of evil brown aliens.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
tbh i'd be down for a return of the miniskirts
IamSparticles@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 97d
Roddenberry tried to bring it back in TNG. Reviews were... mixed.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 97d
Taylor Sheridan's Star Trek: The Search for Huge Racks
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 98d
Retaliatory firing seems right on-brand.
Make sure the Wikipedia article describes the causes of the death of 60 Minutes accurately in its ~60th year.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 97d
What the monopoly? This fuckhead needs to be stopped.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 98d
Zionists and magats don’t want real journalism
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 97d
CBS proves Scott Pelley right.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
Recorded footage of the event:
Bari Weiss: And another thing - you're fired! And that's official!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 98d
He couldn't have more kids, because of his semen.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 97d
Bari Weiss is doing her job of sticking up for Israel at all costs
mlg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
I like how the moment CBS got bought out, it started showing up every 5 seconds on my youtube feed because they obviously chucked money into making sure people still view it as some quality news channel and want to exemplify that nothing changed.