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The turmoil at 60 Minutes is growing this morning
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Just days after a major leadership shake-up, veteran correspondent Scott Pelley is out
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fired by CBS News following a heated confrontation with the show's new boss
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According to multiple reports, Pelley used a staff meeting Monday to blast CBS News leadership
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including editor-in-chief Barry Weiss, accusing her of, quote, murdering 60 Minutes and questioning the qualifications of new executive producer Nick
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Bilton. Less than 24 hours later, Bilton hit back. In a termination letter, he accused Pelley of
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hijacking his first staff meeting and publicly disparaging him with what he called remarkable
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incivility and contempt. Pelley responded with a statement of his own, taking aim at Weiss and
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the network's management, quote, the leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The
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principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well. The firing comes less than a week
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after CBS removed correspondents Sharon Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, along with several senior
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producers, as part of a broader overhaul of the network's flagship news magazine. Anchor Anderson
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Cooper announced in February that he too is leaving the show. The changes have sparked a
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growing debate inside CBS over the future of 60 Minutes under new ownership. Last year, Paramount's
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Skydance leadership hired Weiss and acquired her media company, The Free Press
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as part of its effort to remake CBS News
