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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr slammed former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Sunday after Pelley said he did not expect to be fired from CBS News following a heated clash with the program’s new leadership.<\/p>\n

Carr responded to Pelley’s remarks in a post on X<\/a>, where he argued the longtime CBS journalist’s reaction reflected a broader problem inside legacy media.<\/p>\n

“One of the reasons why trust in media is so low<\/a> is because many legacy journalists are completely out of touch,” Carr said.<\/p>\n

He also said Pelley\u2019s conduct would not be tolerated in a typical workplace.<\/p>\n

FCC SEEKS TO SHIFT POWER FROM NATIONAL PROGRAMMERS TO LOCAL BROADCASTERS IN PUBLIC INTEREST PUSH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“You could not get away with that behavior at any run of the mill job,” Carr said. “It is revealing to see how blind some are to that.”<\/p>\n

Pelley was fired after 37 years<\/a> at CBS News, where he served as a White House correspondent, anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and correspondent for “60 Minutes.”<\/p>\n

In an interview with The New York Times, Pelley said he did not believe he was walking into a termination meeting after his confrontation with new “60 Minutes”<\/a> executive producer Nick Bilton.<\/p>\n

“Oh gosh, furthest thing from my mind,” Pelley said. “It hadn\u2019t occurred to me.”<\/p>\n

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Pelley acknowledged that the meeting with Bilton had been tense, but he defended the tone of his questioning by pointing to the program\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

“\u201860 Minutes\u2019 is known for two things: a ticking stopwatch and hard questions,” he said.<\/p>\n

Pelley said the confrontation came after senior staffers and several correspondents<\/a> were dismissed, and after Bilton was introduced to the newsroom as the program’s new executive producer.<\/p>\n

“No one saw the Black Thursday massacre coming,” Pelley said.<\/p>\n

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Pelley said he was angered by Bilton\u2019s introductory email to the staff and by the way Bilton addressed employees after the dismissals.<\/p>\n

“It betrayed the fact that Nick Bilton didn\u2019t know anything about us, didn\u2019t know anything about our culture, and yet was being imposed on us as our new leader,” Pelley said.<\/p>\n

Pelley also criticized CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss<\/a>, who was installed under new ownership after David Ellison’s acquisition of Paramount.<\/p>\n

“She\u2019s a lovely person,” Pelley said. “And her Free Press organization that she founded has been very successful. But television\u2019s not her thing.”<\/p>\n

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Pelley accused Weiss of pushing editorial changes on a politically sensitive “60 Minutes” story involving protests and an immigration enforcement shooting in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

He said he believed the requested changes would have favored President Donald Trump’s view of the events.<\/p>\n

“There was a thumb on the scale for the president\u2019s version of events that I felt was a level of political influence that I had never seen in 37 years at CBS News,” Pelley said.<\/p>\n

CBS News denied that Weiss<\/a> acted with political motivation, saying her editorial notes were intended to make the piece “as strong, fair, and accurate as possible.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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