CBS

From AP:

CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job.

The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program, days after a leadership overhaul.

Pelley, 68, criticized management Monday during a fiery staff meeting with Nick Bilton, the program’s new executive producer installed by Weiss last week, according to a detailed report on the Status website.

In a termination notice obtained Tuesday night by The Associated Press, Bilton, a technology journalist and filmmaker with no traditional broadcast news experience, accused Pelley of carrying out an “ambush” against him.

“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt,” the letter states.

Pelley said in a statement that “60 Minutes” has lost its DNA under new management. He accused them of asking him to “inject falsehoods and bias” into his work, without sharing specific details.

And just like that, one of the best news investigative programs is down the drain. Scott Pelley is one of the best. “60 Minutes” was the rock of CBS News. What a sad joke. I don’t see the point of this. Maybe it is a sort of sick pleasure. The featured photo is from the coverage this morning on “Today.”

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I am starting to get entertained by MAGA as they try to have something stick on State Rep. James Talarico. A few weeks ago, it was Tofu-Rico. Then it was TalaFreako. They tried to go after his girlfriend who is vegan. In my book, you have to be really disciplined to go vegan, like on your toes. The eggs and potatoes tacos backfired. MAGA even went after Talarico on how he holds a barbecued rib. The latest is Donald Trump comparing him to MAD Magazine cover boy Alfred E. Neuman. I don’t think you will get a “what, me worry” from Talarico on this. MAD Magazine isn’t available at existing newsstands, and it peaked in popularity in the 1970s.

MAGA is going to have to keep on fishing for stuff on Rep. Talarico.

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Well, at least the Dollar Dogs and Saint Arnold hit the spot last night, because the team didn’t. We are 0-1 in June.