Almost every mainstream media figure had the same take on this week’s CBS News staff revolt against the new management named to run 60 Minutes.
Correspondent Scott Pelley was cheered for telling his new bosses, in a meeting that was then leaked to the media, that they had “murdered” the show and not stood up for “real journalists.” A day after Pelley’s ambush, CBS fired him thus allowing him to take up a new role as a free-speech martyr.
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