Jimmy Kimmel Blasts CBS Over Scott Pelley Firing at 60 Minutes
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Jimmy Kimmel Blasts CBS Over Scott Pelley Firing at 60 Minutes
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Summary
Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel called CBS executives “Trump suck-ups” and said Scott Pelley was fired from “60 Minutes” after defending the show’s journalistic standards.
Pelley’s ouster followed a heated first staff meeting with new executive producer Nick Bilton, whose termination notice said the veteran correspondent had “hijacked” the session with “incivility and contempt.”
Kimmel tied the clash to a broader overhaul at the 57-year-old newsmagazine, citing the removals of Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega and executive producer Tanya Simon, who was replaced by Bilton.
Pelley said “60 Minutes” had “lost its DNA” under new management and accused CBS leaders of pushing him to inject “falsehoods and bias,” while CBS had not publicly commented.
Trump, who called Pelley “terrible” in a Wednesday interview, applauded the firing, adding a political edge to the widening dispute over CBS News leadership.