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Scott Pelley Reacts to CBS Editor-in-Chief's Comments After His Firing

Scott Pelley has responded to CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’ comments about his recent departure from the network. “I am saddened to see the transcript of the CBS News morning editorial meeting,” Pelley, 68, said in a statement shared with The New York Times on Wednesday, June 3. “Bari Weiss knows what she said is not true. In the meeting on Tuesday, in which I was effectively fired, there was no effort of any kind to ‘find a way back’ as Weiss said in the editorial meeting.” Pelley was fired from CBS and 60 Minutes after 37 years following an alleged verbal argument with...