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D. Peter's avatar

I'm glad to see that Pelley is not going away quietly.

Marie Seckar's avatar

The truth eventually comes out in some fashion. Thank you, Scott!

elle vj's avatar

Thank you for publishing this good info on Scott Pelley & Bari Weise. I hope another great outlet with pick up Scott to continue his journalistic integrity so all of USA & beyond will ontinue to be blessed & informed by Scott Pelley’s excellent reporting

San's avatar

Sorry Bari Weiss and company, Scott Pelley is a whole lot smarter than you and he is beloved by many

Andie Gast's avatar

I hope he SUES the Ellisons for a huge amount and destroys CBS and all affiliates!! I have a feeling Bari Weiss’s days are numbered. No employee of CBS will trust her or ANYONE else in management ever again!! They are toast!!

Betsy L's avatar

Except that I doubt Bari Weiss is losing any sleep over it. I'm sure she has the Ellisons' backing in all these firings, and she knows she does. This isn't a network that's going to challenge the Trump regime in any way, and the Ellisons will reap the benefits of that in the form of contracts and tax benefits.

Patris's avatar

My decades long admiration of Scott Pelley only being reinforced by what in normal (I know, what’s that anymore?)times would be a screaming embarrassment for CBS. Moreover, may I also say that I don’t expect much from frog face business bros - they are invariably assholes, but I absolutely resent the hell out of a poseur like dimwitted Bari Weiss (among other maga “women”) for doing their fucking all to take what has been acknowledged women’s competency back to the Stone Age.

Adrienne Grant's avatar

Scott Pelley = American Hero

FDD's avatar

One might expect that other true journalists may find similar courage to speak truth to power as Pelley has done and continues to do. If they don’t, then they are both traitors to their profession and will be losers because they eventually will be replaced with true sycophants. Disgusting! Thank goodness for Pelley!

John Michael's avatar

That was an incredible piece Dean! Bari Weiss should crawl back to the trunk of her car, close the trunk and never be heard from again. Boy did she pick the wrong guy to fuck with.

Walter Bruno's avatar

Even this good column underestimates the crass fakery of Weiss and over-estimates the naïvete of the remaining staff.

No trained journalist, no matter how young, falls for the 'mutual trust & respect' claptrap. No more than a junior used-care salesman would, forced to work for a crook.

Diana's avatar

Now, if only that conversation had been on a hot mike. That would have been the icing.

Noel Wright's avatar

It may well have been recorded on tape, Dean mentioned that WaPo got an audio version of some sort.

Diana's avatar

Brilliant, thanks for letting me know. I guess I missed that bit.

cmcgrath's avatar

Way to go, Scott Pelley! So good to see you are still, and hopefully always will be practicing the craft you have honed so magnificently over the past several decades.

You and other journalists with integrity and respect for the truth are the beacon of hope for journalism students around the world. And for us poor readers who are now searching in the wilderness, under bushes and behind locked doors, for the REAL stories.

Keep on keeping on.

🇨🇦☺️

cmcgrath's avatar

I also want to say big, big thanks to Dean for sweeping away the dirt, so we can see, hear, read the real story. Always great details 😁🇨🇦

Jacquelyn Wolverton's avatar

He is in a unique position, crafted by his dogged professionalism, to grind them into the concrete. I pray he does not stop. Dude has huge integrity.

Eddie Spaghetti's avatar

ELATED that Scott Pelley is not going quietly, has receipts that prevent CBS "news" to staunch the bleeding🤣🤣🤣

Terri Steele's avatar

Thank you Dean, for sharing this; looking forward to seeing where Scott lands. Weiss is a ssnake in the grass - a greedy, self-absorbed sellout - a new age crony with no credibility or credentials.

Margo Lindsey's avatar

Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton and David Ellison are lying scum bags! Pelley was absolutely right, they will destroy 60 Minutes like they destroyed the nightly news. They are the epitome of disgusting jerks laboring under the false premise that they deserve respect or trust. They don’t! None of them is worthy to be associated with the excellent journalists who were unceremoniously and wrongly fired. Farewell to a great American journalist, enjoy a blissful and well deserved retirement away from the monsters with a MAGA agenda. Shameful but then those preening ignorant idiots have no shame!

Karen Valerio's avatar

Please don’t insult pigs. Pigs are intelligent.

Margo Lindsey's avatar

I changed it, thanks!

Declan's avatar

He shouldn't 'stop' quite yet 😁....but I'm sure he is quite wealthy. I'd go off to a Caribbean island to enjoy retirement.