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Scott Pelley fires back after ’60 Minutes’ ouster: ‘The collapse of values at the top has become untenable’

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Scott Pelley said he no longer recognizes “60 Minutes” in the months following the takeover of CBS News by Paramount Skydance, and accused the executive set in charge of the news division of “incompetence and unprofessionalism” that have “wreaked havoc” for months.

Pelley, in his first statement since CBS News announced his termination Tuesday evening, said Paramount Skydance “is casting this legend aside” as it weakens the newsmagazine “apparently to curry favor with the Trump administration.”

CBS News terminated the “60 Minutes” veteran after the journalist and executives felt they could not find a way to work together following a heated public argument Monday between Pelley and Nick Bilton, the former tech journalist installed last week by editorial chief Bari Weiss, who also dispatched the show’s most senior producers as well as correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

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