“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley exposed a key point of tension in the Bari Weiss era during a fiery exchange on Monday.
At a staff meeting, Pelley reportedly accused Weiss of “murdering” the iconic weekly news program.
“She does not love this place,” Pelley said, according to an audio recording obtained by Status and The New York Times. “She was brought in to kill it, and she’s doing exactly that.”
Pelley made the reported remarks during an exchange with new top producer Nick Bilton. Pelley has spent more than three decades at CBS News.
Business Insider could not independently confirm the audio, and CBS News declined to comment.
Pelley’s reported comments underscore a key challenge Weiss faces as she reshapes “60 Minutes” and the broader CBS News organization: convincing skeptics that her changes are intended to modernize a century-old…
