Lesley Stahl Calls 7 CBS News Firings Her Worst Career Experience

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 8

Seven firings at CBS News — including Scott Pelley and the entire "60 Minutes" management team — prompted Lesley Stahl to call the upheaval the worst experience of her career.
Stahl said she, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim still agreed to return for the show's 59th season, but did so reluctantly because they remain unsure why the dismissals happened.
Scott Pelley was fired after a staff-meeting clash with new executive producer Nick Bilton and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, where he accused Weiss of "murdering" "60 Minutes."
Stahl said she has already urged Bilton not to alter the Sunday broadcast, arguing the 60-year-old program should not be tampered with after audience gains last season.